Microsoft: Surface Hub 2S to ship in 2019, Surface Hub 2X in 2020

Ever since Microsoft unveiled the Surface Hub 2 in May, the company has gotten quite a bit of feedback. Today, the Redmond company has announced that its reimagined collaboration device is now split into two devices: a Surface Hub 2S that’s shipping in Q2 2019, and a Surface Hub 2X that’s coming in 2020.

In broad strokes, the upcoming Surface Hub 2S will ship with the same 50.5-inch 4K display and cameras first shown during the May reveal. However, it stills run the current Surface Hub software, which means many of the Hub 2’s coolest features, such as tile, rotation, and multi-user logins, won’t be available. For businesses that want the original Surface Hub experience but on sleeker and faster hardware, the 2S is the one to get.

The Surface Hub 2X that’s dropping sometime in 2020 is the one that would pack the aforementioned new software features. A hardware upgrade is necessary to work with the new system, and to smoothen the 2S to 2X upgrade path, Microsoft has built a removable processor cartridge system on the 2S. This cartridge upgrade is a must if customers want to make the switch to a Microsoft 365-powered Surface Hub come 2020. Microsoft also says this cartridge can be removed, upgraded, and serviced over time, which to us makes a lot of sense because businesses usually don't make wholesale equipment upgrades every year.

Source: Microsoft.

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