Microsoft Surface Neo reportedly won't be released in 2020

According to a new report, Microsoft will not release its Surface Neo this year -- a dual-screen device that was slated to release during the 2020 holiday season.

The Surface Neo was set to be an important product for Microsoft, bringing Windows 10X -- an updated version of the Windows 10 operating system optimized for dual-screen devices -- to users for the first time. Of course, in a market quickly filling with foldable, bendable and rollable screens, a dual-screen device might not seem like the most innovative product around. But this represents yet another delay due in part, it seems, to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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While the report says, "Microsoft also won't be enabling third-party dual-screen Windows devices to ship with 10X" this year, it does not appear to rule out the release of the Duo, Microsoft's dual-screen Android phone that was announced at the same Surface launch event last year.

Microsoft did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Clarification at 6:40 a.m. PT: The story originally included an unlabeled image of the Surface Duo.