Rumors regarding a new Surface lineup from Microsoft have run rampant, with hints that much smaller and thinner renditions of the Copilot+ laptops were in the works.

This comes after Microsoft's Surface Laptop and Surface Pro 2024 models, providing exceptional battery life thanks to their Snapdragon processors and great portability.

Well, it turns out those rumors were indeed correct. Microsoft has announced two brand-new Surface devices: the Surface Laptop 13-inch and the Surface Pro 12-inch. Both are built to deliver even more impressive performance across the board, but ahead, we're breaking down the four key takeaways you'll want to know about them.

The 13-inch model is the lightest and thinnest Surface Laptop ever

Microsoft's new Surface Laptop 13-inch will be the lightest, most portable Surface Laptop ever, thanks to its ultrathin design and 13-inch touchscreen display. It will come in three different color variations – Ocean, Violet, and Platinum – to suit your preferred style.

It weighs just 2.7 lbs, which is an impressive 1.22kg, compared to 2024's 15-inch model, which weighed in at 3.67 lbs (1.66kg). Most importantly, this means portability is the new Surface Laptop's highlight, ensuring you can take your device with you anywhere you go and pack it in most backpacks. It's also an improvement over 2024's 13.8-inch model.

This includes USB-C connectivity that supports fast charging, DisplayPort 1.4a, and up to two 4K monitors at 60Hz refresh rates.

The new Surface Pro will have a 12-inch display, ideal for its 2-in-1 design, providing a pleasant laptop and tablet experience. That will also make it slightly slimmer than the previous 13-inch size.

It's also worth noting that there is no mention of an OLED model yet, and the new Surface Pro 12-inch Keyboard is sold separately.

Surface Laptop 13-inch is '50% faster' than the Surface Laptop 5, competing with Apple's MacBook Air M3

Using Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Plus processor, Microsoft claims the Surface Laptop 13-inch is '50% faster' than its previous Surface Laptop 5, which Intel's 12th Gen processors powered. This will be the 8-core processor instead of the 10-core variant, which is enough to provide powerful performance in AI-intensive tasks with 45 NPU tops.

Microsoft also mentions it's faster than Apple's MacBook Air M3, and based on benchmarks, the Snapdragon X Plus wins in multi-core processing over Apple's M-based chip. We'll need to see how this competes with Apple's latest M4 chipset, though.

The Surface Pro 12-inch will also use the same configuration, keeping your productivity at its best on the go, thanks to its high speeds.

It's a different move from the previous Laptop and Pro models, as both came with X Plus and X Elite configurations. Even so, it's a reasonable compromise, as you'll see.

Njut av längre batteritid med de senaste Surface-enheterna. Surface Laptop 13 tum erbjuder upp till 23 timmars lokal videouppspelning, vilket överträffar föregående modeller som låg på runt 20 till 22 timmar. Den nya Surface Pro på 12 tum ger upp till 16 timmars användning, en avsevärd förbättring jämfört med föregångaren. Även om verkliga tester kommer att ge mer precisa insikter är dessa förbättringar perfekta för användare som behöver pålitlig kraft för produktivitet på språng.

Microsoft har optimerat batteriprestandan genom att utesluta vissa högpresterande konfigurationer, som X Elite, samtidigt som kraftfulla processorer som X Plus behålls för att säkerställa effektiva arbetsessioner. Dessutom fortsätter Qualcomms Snapdragon-processorer att visa utmärkt prestanda i kombination med energieffektivitet, vilket gör att du kan arbeta längre utan att oroa dig för batteridraining. Dessa framsteg understryker Microsofts engagemang för att leverera högpresterande, långvariga bärbara datorer och surfplattor som håller dig uppkopplad och produktiv hela dagen.

The Surface Laptop 13-inch and Surface Pro 12-inch are much cheaper than their predecessors

Surface Laptop 13-tums och Surface Pro 12-tums är nu mer prisvärda än tidigare modeller. Laptop börjar på 899 USD / 1 699 AUD, och Surface Pro börjar på 799 USD / 1 499 AUD – avsevärt lägre än deras tidigare priser på 1 099 USD / 1 899 AUD. Dessa prisnedsättningar gör dessa kraftfulla enheter mer tillgängliga, särskilt med den nya Snapdragon X Plus-processorn, som förbättrar prestanda och batteritid. Båda enheterna finns nu för förbeställning och lanseras i utvalda marknader den 20 maj. Håll utkik efter uppdateringar om priser i Storbritannien och Australien.