Microsoft releases new Surface Duo commercial

Nov 27, 2020 16:07 GMT  ·  By

Microsoft has released a new Surface Duo called “Feast Mode,” and unsurprisingly, the company highlights how useful is the dual-screen form factor for various activities, including online shopping.

The Duo is Microsoft’s very first Android device, and it comes with dual-screen design that places the Redmond-based software giant in a rather exclusive club of companies pushing for this new form factor.

The Surface Duo runs Android 10, and Microsoft promised it would ship the update to Android 11 as soon as possible. Previously, it’s been rumored the company could announce Android 11 for the Surface Duo in late 2020, and given it’s almost December, this is likely the month to bring us the OS update.

In the meantime, the Surface Duo keeps getting more and more refinements, and now rumor has it Microsoft is also preparing to bring the device to a new country.

At this point, the Duo is exclusive to the United States, and earlier this year, people familiar with Microsoft’s plans said the company wanted to wait until early 2021 to make a decision on whether its Android smartphone would go on sale in other parts of the world.

Surface Duo 2?

It looks like this decision has already been made, with Germany reportedly the next in the queue to get the Surface Duo. No information has been provided on other markets, but there’s a chance other countries in Europe get it too, such as France, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom.

For now, however, Microsoft has remained completely tight-lipped on everything related to the Surface Duo, so just take this information with a healthy pinch of salt.

A new-generation Duo is also in the works, and right now, a potential ETA is the fall of 2021, though this could be the date when Microsoft announces it, with the actual market debut to happen at a later time.