Report: Microsoft's foldable Surface PC with Windows Core OS will run Android apps

A new written report from Forbes is claiming that Microsoft'due south upcoming foldable Surface PC, which I revealed to exist in the works tardily last year under the codename Centaurus, will be able to run Android apps. In add-on, the report also provides a few specifications, including screen size and possible CPU.

According to Forbes, Microsoft'south foldable Surface PC will sport two ix-inch displays with a 4:3 aspect ratio, along with a 10nm Lakefield Intel processor. I can ostend that Centaurus is indeed an Intel device, and does feature ii split displays, not a single foldable display like found on the recently announced Lenovo foldable PC.

I want to highlight the Android apps affair for a minute though, as this is something I've been hearing besides. In fact, I've been hearing this for over a year, equally it was first considered for Microsoft'due south foldable pocket PC, codenamed Andromeda. Since Andromeda and Centaurus both run Windows Core OS, information technology wouldn't be too difficult to become Android apps running on Centaurus if said capabilities had already been in development for Andromeda. Of grade, whether Microsoft actually ships the ability to run those apps is the million dollar question.

Finally, Forbes notes that the device is expected to start shipping quondam in the get-go one-half of 2022, which I can also confirm to take heard from my own sources. The report doesn't mention when an annunciation will take identify, only I'm hearing whispers that Centaurus may make an appearance at an October hardware event subsequently this year, possibly as a tease, or a full blown annunciation alongside Windows Lite.

Centuaurs is on its way, and volition exist one of the first Windows Lite devices to start shipping. Windows Lite is a flavor of Windows Cadre Bone, alongside other editions of Windows Cadre OS that run on HoloLens 2, Surface Hub 2X, and the next generation Xbox. Windows Cadre OS is a new, modern version of Windows with many legacy components gutted in favor of performance, fluidity, and new user experiences.

What are your thoughts on Microsoft's Centaurus device? Let us know in the comments.

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