Microsoft confirms October Windows event with Nvidia, but no Windows 12

Microsoft will hold its first major Windows event in over two years on October 7, 2026, in San Francisco, featuring CEO Satya Nadella and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang to showcase local AI advancements, but Windows 12 will not be announced. The event will spotlight the Surface Laptop Ultra, powered by the NVIDIA RTX Spark chip, which Microsoft claims can run AI models with up to 120 billion parameters locally. The device pairs an RTX GPU with up to 128GB of unified memory, and Microsoft has already detailed Windows 11 optimizations for the hardware, including new task scheduling and emulation improvements. Microsoft confirmed in May that Windows 12 is off the table, focusing instead on refining Windows 11 for RTX Spark devices. The event follows a rocky Copilot+ PC launch in 2024, marked by weak reviews and privacy backlash over Recall, with the company now aiming to deliver promised agentic AI features.