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Microsoft has announced its new Surface Hub 2, marking a major refresh for the product and the first since it debuted three years ago. When Microsoft unveiled the Surface Hub back in 2022, information technology positioned the device as ideal for collaboration, with wide-angle cameras embedded in the body, an integrated Core i5 or i7 Haswell CPU, a 1080p or 4K resolution, and a 120Hz refresh rate. The production came in ii flavors — 55-inch and 84-inch. According to Microsoft, the device has been an enormous striking since then. While never intended for high-volume manufacturing, the hardware has reportedly sold briskly and remains popular thanks to its combination of cameras, video conferencing support, and ability to office as a whiteboard.

The Surface Hub 2 that MS announced today is all-time thought of every bit a refinement and update to the original, rather than a reinvention of the bike. It's currently non expected in-market until 2022. The new flavour uses a 3:2 aspect ratio to bring it into line with other Surface devices and has a 50.five-inch rotating mount, rather than the larger 55-inch or 84-inch equipment of the original. The support for larger surfaces comes courtesy of a new portrait or mural mode that allows the end user to stack the devices upwardly to four deep, for a much larger surface in amass than what was possible with Surface Hub the First. And Microsoft is too debuting an easel for mounting the device, allowing information technology to be repositioned more hands inside a conference room or every bit part of a give-and-take.

New features include a 4K screen (previously only available on the 84-inch model), 4K cameras, and multi-user sign-in, allowing multiple users to simultaneously log into the organisation. Microsoft describes this feature as: "multiple people can authenticate in the same Surface Hub ii workspace, assuasive them to simultaneously access their documents and ideas, merging them with the ideas of their teammates – and making collaboration as natural as meeting at a whiteboard."

Phone call me old-fashioned. I recall when we shared documents via USB sticks and electronic mail, and ideas via talking in the same room. I know, I know. I'k a Luddite. But in all seriousness, the power to interact like this in person, with an upgraded device with better cameras and some genuinely nifty screen-sharing options is a stride forward for 21st century teamwork.

There'due south no give-and-take on other device features, but based on the specs of Surface Hub 1 we can expect a Core i5 or i7 CPU and either an Intel integrated GPU — or, as seems more probable, a professional Nvidia solution. The 4K version of the 2022 Surface Hub used an Nvidia Quadro K2200, and so MS might stick with Nvidia in the Hub 2. Information technology's already partnered with Nvidia on devices similar the Surface Studio and the Surface Volume, which makes information technology more probable it'll opt for Team Light-green as opposed to Team Ruddy. While Surface Hub used to congenital in the Us, that's no longer true; the device is now congenital in China.