The change means that, starting now, Surface Pro 7 Plus, Surface Laptop 4, Surface Pro 8, Surface Laptop Studio, Surface Go 3, Surface Pro X Wi-Fi, Surface Laptop SE, Surface Laptop Go 2, Surface Laptop 5 , Surface Pro 9, Surface Studio 2 Plus, Surface Go 4, Surface Laptop Go 3, and Surface Laptop Studio 2 will receive at least six years of updates, according to Microsoft’s support page. (You can see a chart with Microsoft’s end-of-service dates for all of its currently supported Surface devices there.)
Microsoft’s move is not as generous as Google’s recent decision to give Chromebooks released in 2021 or later 10 years of automatic updates. Still, I support any way tech companies can extend the life of their products, so I’m happy Microsoft made this change.
