Yesterday, too, the company said it will expand its emulator support to include 64-bit 圆4 apps as well. We don’t know how successful that program will be yet, but it’s at least an encouraging start. Microsoft did announce a new App Assure program last month to tackle this challenge, assigning its own engineers to work with developers to get their apps working on Windows on Snapdragon.

But it’s likely that the SQ2 is a customized version of the recently announced Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2, which itself isn’t actually speedier than the original 8cx. Microsoft hasn’t shared many details about this chipset and in the past only described the older SQ1 chip as sharing DNA with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors. According to the company, the new SQ2 processor is “the fastest processor in its class,” though the big caveat is that this class is limited to existing ARM-based PCs that are largely powered by Qualcomm. The most significant of these is a new processor, which as before was created in collaboration with Qualcomm. Microsoft’s updates today might address some of those issues. It’s a lovely piece of hardware, but in our review we still found it hard to love the buggy software and app compatibility limits. The Surface Pro X, which is Microsoft’s ARM-based PC, was announced last year. The Pro X, in particular, features a new processor and some additional color options. The company just unveiled the new Surface Laptop Go and updates to the Surface Pro X in addition to some accessories to go along with the new devices. While the Surface Duo may have been the talk of the town last month with its intriguing new form factor, today’s announcements are almost boring in comparison. October is here, which means it’s time again for Microsoft to release new hardware.

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