Microsoft designed some new Android-based hardware, and it’s not at all what you’re expecting

TL;DR Project Solara is a new “chip-to-cloud” platform from Microsoft that’s AI agent-first. Microsoft has designed a couple Solara reference devices to get companies interested in its possibilities Solara is built on a framework that’s ultimately based on the AOSP. AI is everywhere these days, but so many times it feels like something that’s been tacked on to an existing product: It’s a smartphone with AI , or earbuds that are equipped with AI note-taking.