Microsoft’s annual October hardware event is here, and the company is expected to reveal new Surface laptops and updates to Windows 10. Microsoft just released the smaller Surface Go earlier this year, and there were also leaks of an even tinier dual-screen device, but the event today appears to be focused on refreshes of the current full-sized Surface laptops. Will there be surprises in the HoloLens division? Find out here as we cover the event live from New York City.<doc-sep>Today, Microsoft is expected to announce updates to its current Surface PC lineup, including a new Surface Laptop 2, new Surface Pro 6, and new Surface Studio 2. Also, some news around software, services, and maybe even gaming may be announced, as well as a few accessories. The announcement should be about one hour long. Microsoft is not live streaming the event, so if you want to know what happens in real-time make sure you watch our live blog starting at 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT. We're on the ground in New York City covering the event all day. We also have a community chat room for you to hang out and discuss with others. This page is your destination for our Microsoft October 2 new Surface event live blog and stream. Here's everything you need to know!<doc-sep>5:09: That appears to be everything, folks. Four brand new Surface products, much of which appear to be substantial hardware refreshes and one that we were completely not expecting. Keep it locked here in the coming hours for our first impressions of all these devices. 5:08: Correction! The Surface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2 are available for pre-order right now and will hit shelves on October 16. The Surface Studio 2 and Surface Headphones release dates and prices are still unknown – "coming soon," Panay says. He has also shown off a new subscription service for Surface owners, Surface All Access, that brings all of Microsoft's apps and services to you for $24.99 a month. 5:04: They're Surface Headphones, people! Complete with Cortana integration and hands-free calling in a gorgeous, silver set of over-ear cans. They're also noise cancelling with 13 levels of cancellation. The cans also have four beam-forming microphones and four active noise cancelling microphones. 5:02: Panay isn't done just yet! He's got one more product to show off that we weren't expecting. 4:56: The Surface Studio 2 has been updated with Nvidia Pascal graphics, so 10 Series Nvidia GPUs will be inside. This might come as a blow to fans of the latest and greatest, but this is par for the course when it comes to Surface Studio and Surface. Microsoft's product development cycle appears to be a bit out of sync with graphics processor cycles. 4:54: Microsoft's Stevie Bathiche is talking up how it managed to make the Surface Studio 2 display 38% brighter as well as up its contrast by 22%. Part of it involves brand new transistor technology beneath the panel. 4:51: The Surface Studio 2 is official! We're still waiting on internal details, but we do know that it packs Intel processors and improved graphics, as well as an even better screen. 4:48: Panay is now back on stage with a Surface Studio announcement. Here comes the Surface Studio 2! "More of the high-end graphics you need, more of the brilliant screen that begins to break boundaries," Panay says. 4:43: Now, the brand new Your Phone app is being touted as playing a key role in this cross-device collaboration. Even better, in a future update, Windows 10 will be able to completely emulate your phone's screen an interface, allowing remote control of your phone from your PC. It's currently known simply as 'app mirroring,' which we've seen done in more limited capacities by companies like Dell. 4:39: If you're an Android user, Microsoft's own launcher is where it's at, apparently. Soon, Microsoft's popular Timeline feature will make it to that platform, which will follow you across devices so long as you're logged in via your Microsoft account. 4:36: The general gist here is for users to live within Microsoft apps and services across devices. This way, things like calendar appointments will persist across your devices, if used through Microsoft's Outlook Calendar feature known as 'To Dos.' 4:33: Now, Panay is talking up working with Windows 10 across whatever companion mobile devices you're using. The head of Microsoft's mobile services team is about to walk us through these new solutions. 4:30: The Surface Laptop 2 is 85% faster than before, thanks new quad-core Intel processors, as well as all-day battery life. The Surface Pro 6 will start at $899, the Surface Laptop 2 will start at $999, and both will be available for pre-order on October 16. 4:27: Next up is the Surface Laptop 2, which now is 85% faster than before. It has a display packing 3.4 million pixels, math we're not about to work out right now as to screen resolution, as well as a 1,500:1 contrast ratio behind the thinnest LCD ever applied to a traditional laptop. 4:25: Panay says that the new Surface Pro 6 is 37% faster than the last, weighs only 1.7 pounds and lasts for 3.5 hours longer than the iPad Pro. 4:22: Now, it's time to talk devices. First up is Surface Pro, which is now confirmed to come in a new all-black color palette. It's confirmed to be the Surface Pro 6 – oddly enough. 4:20: Panay's drawing another anecdote from an audience member, an environmentalist that uses Surface products for their portability and ease-of-use – even at the Great Wall of China. 4:16: No one can dispute that Panay is an inspired designer and product maker. He literally just grabbed a Surface device from a journalist in the stands to demonstrate a point. 4:13: Now, we're getting into the good stuff. Panos Panay has taken the stage to talk up the latest Surface products we're about to see. Panay is drawing an analogy between his daughter's fine tuned piano to Microsoft's devices tuning themselves to your needs. 4:11: It's official! Mehdi says that the Windows 10 October 2018 Update will launch today for everyone. 4:07: Microsoft wants people to use its technology to organize their whole lives, Mehdi says. In case you had any doubt, we're definitely seeing new Surface devices today, but also new efforts to merge the worlds of iOS and Android as they relate to Windows 10. 4:05: "Life interrupts work, work interrupts life," says Mehdi. So, how is Microsoft going to bring harmony to this dynamic? 4:03: Now, we're looking at a promotional video trying to tell us how technology fits into working professionals' lives, and naturally how Microsoft is here to solve that problem for us. 4:00: Microsoft's Yusuf Mehdi has taken the stage to kick us off, with an anecdotal story about the application of Microsoft tech in his home. You know, the usual stuff. 3:58: It looks like Panos Panay, Microsoft Surface devices team lead, is in the house. Things are getting underway now... 3:50: Unfortunately, there's nothing about this space's furniture or style that's a giveaway as to what's going to be shown today. However, it looks awfully similar to Microsoft's dedicated event space at which we saw the Surface Go for the first time. 3:46 ET: We've managed to find a seat here in Microsoft's NYC event space. Just moments now until the festivities begin!<doc-sep>Microsoft Surface event takes place later tonight FREE for the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up forfor the biggest new releases, reviews and tech hacks When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. UPDATE 9: Microsoft's Surface event has now concluded. The American tech giant announced the Surface Laptop 2, Surface Pro 6, Surface Studio 2 and surprised us all by debuting Surface Headphones. Surface Laptop 2 and the Surface Pro 6 can be pre-ordered right now ahead of their respective releases on October 16. The Surface Laptop 2 will start at $999 while the entry-level model of the Surface Pro 6 comes in at $899. Meanwhile, the Surface Studio 2 starts at $3,499. The base variant comes with an 8th generation Intel Core i7, 16GB of RAM and 1TB of internal storage. However the product can be maxed out for $4,799 that will tout the same processor but feature 32GB of RAM and 2TB of internal memory. Pre-orders for the Surface Studio 2 start today in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. However Microsoft has not yet detailed when UK customers can order the product. The Surface Headphones do not currently have a price or release date and cannot be pre-ordered on Microsoft's website. Inside the headphones are 40mm drivers that should deliver quality audio UPDATE 8: Surface Headphones have been announced by Microsoft at its hardware event in New York City. The over-ear headphones are wireless and boast noise-cancelling technology. Microsoft's virtual assistant Cortana is also supported with the new accessory. Inside the headphones are 40mm drivers that should deliver quality audio. The accessory has four noise-canceling microphones that should block out background noise. Microsoft insisted the new headphones are coming soon. However, the company did reveal both the Surface Laptop 2 and Surface Pro 6 can be pre-ordered from today. The price of the Surface Headphones was not immediately announced by Microsoft UPDATE 7: Microsoft has announced the Surface Studio 2. Although the externals of the device look very similar to the previous generation model, the panel of the hardware is 38 percent brighter and offers 22 percent more contrast. The promotional video for the new product insists it is the "fastest Surface ever". Surface Studio 2 will include a 2TB SSD and come with NVIDIA Pascal graphics. Microsoft is insisting the Surface Studio 2 offers "best-in-class ink latency", 4096 levels of pressure and tilt sensitivity. UPDATE 6: As rumours beforehand suggested, the Surface Pro 6 will feature a USB-A port and not USB-C. The Surface Laptop 2 will also forgo a USB-C socket in favour of USB-A. UPDATE 5: Microsoft has announced the Surface Laptop 2. As was leaked earlier, the device is available in a new black variant. The new laptop offers a 1,500:1 contrast ratio and Microsoft insists the hardware is 85 percent faster than the first Surface Laptop. The Surface Laptop 2 is capable of achieving up to 14.5 hours of video playback on a single charge, according to the firm. The Surface Laptop 2 will start at $999 and will launch on October 16. Meanwhile the Surface Pro 6 will come in at $899 and will be available on the same date. The base Surface Pro 6 will come with an 8th generation Intel Core i5. The panel of the Surface Studio 2 is 38 percent brighter and offers 22 percent more contrast UPDATE 4: Microsoft has announced the next generation of the Surface Pro. Dubbed the Surface Pro 6, the device will boast Intel's 8th generation chips. The device will be available in a new black colour that was previously rumoured. Microsoft claims the new version of the Surface Pro is 67 percent faster than its predecessor. The Surface Pro 6 will feature a USB-A port and not USB-C The display boasts a density of 267-pixels-per-inch and comes with up to 16GB of RAM. And 1TB of SSD storage can be configured on the hardware. It has also been claimed the Surface Pro 6 is capable of delivering up to 13.5 hours of battery on a single charge. Type covers will come in black, blue, red and grey finishes. The Surface Laptop 2 will start at $999 and will launch on October 16 UPDATE 3: Microsoft has announced the Windows 10 October 2018 Update will be available to users starting from today. The new upgrade brings a host of new functionality such as the "new clipboard experience" that will harness cloud technology to make copy and paste more seamless than ever. Discussing the new feature back in May, Microsoft said: "Copy paste – it’s something we all do, probably multiple times a day. "But what do you do if you need to copy the same few things again and again? How do you copy content across your devices? "We’re addressing that and taking the clipboard to the next level – simply press WIN+V and you’ll be presented with our brand-new clipboard experience!" File Explorer also gains a new Dark Theme as part of the new rollout. The American tech company had previously insisted such a feature was a "top request" from its huge user base. Microsoft said: "We’re excited to announce that Dark Theme support for File Explorer is ready for the next major release of Windows. "Adding a dark theme to File Explorer has long been a top Insider request. Some users find that a dark theme is easier on the eyes. "Others simply like the fresh, new look. But while dark mode has been available in Windows for some time, it hasn’t applied to File Explorer, until now." It appears Microsoft's Surface products could be set for a new black colour option UPDATE 2: Unfortunately Microsoft is not live streaming this evening's Surface event. That means you will not be able to follow all the announcements live online.<doc-sep>
Microsoft’s event is over! Here’s our full coverage. How to follow along Microsoft is scheduled to kick off its October 2 event at 4PM Eastern Time in New York City. However, Microsoft has informed us there won’t be an official livestream of the event. Our editor-in-chief, Jeremy Kaplan, who will be attending the event live, so follow him on Twitter to stay up-to-date with everything Microsoft announces and follow along here at Digital Trends for hands-on coverage and breaking news. You can also follow along on the Microsoft official Twitter account, where the company is liveblogging announcements as they come. In the meantime, read our expectations on everything we think Microsoft will be updating, including a slew of new Surface hardware. What to expect On the hardware side, Microsoft is widely expected to announce updates to its Surface Pro and Surface Laptop lines. Both devices could benefit from the latest Intel chips, though it’s still too early to tell if there will be any radical hardware changes at this time. On the accessories front, Microsoft may also be working on a refreshed Surface Dial as well. Although earlier rumors suggested that the Surface Pro will get a major redesign, it’s also been speculated more recently that the big update won’t be done in time for October. If this is accurate, the next generation Surface Pro may get a more modest refresh. In addition to under-the-hood upgrades, the Surface Laptop may also get a new black color option. Be sure to check out our detailed post on what what to expect for all the hardware that could get refreshed. But even if you’re not ready to make an investment in Microsoft’s newest hardware, the event may have broader implications for PC users. Microsoft already announced that its next major update to Windows 10 will be aptly called the October 2018 Update, and it could leverage the event to showcase new features from that update on the software front. This include an updated Notepad, a new on-screen keyboard that leverages Microsoft’s SwiftKey acquisition, and more. Editors' Recommendations