Microsoft Surface Dial

Surface Dial is a completely new way to interact with technology. Store, customize, access, navigate, and reimagine physical tools in the digital world—from concept to creation. We draw, scribble, and sketch to organize our thoughts and communicate with others. With Surface Dial in one hand and Surface Pen in the other, you can unlock your creativity with easy access to shortcuts, controls, drawing tools, and more.

Do the things you love

• Click and hold Surface Dial to display a radial menu of tools, making it easier and faster to do the things you love. Imagine being able to undo each individual line of a drawing step-by-step, change pencil color or brush size, scrub through video content, rotate 3D vectors or manipulate parameters, in a single turn.

Reimagine the way you design

• Place your Dial directly on the screen and watch as a color picker or a ruler magically appears on your digital drafting table. Haptic feedback provides helpful vibrations through the aluminum body into your fingertips, to help you stay in the moment and feel totally in touch with your work.

Simplify and find your flow

• Adjust the volume on your favorite Spotify track, scroll through articles on your favorite news websites without touching your keyboard or mouse. Fly through your local city in Windows Maps, zooming in and out whilst panning across the touchscreen with your fingers. Even the little things feel a little more fun.

• Exterior Casing: Aluminum
• Color: Magnesium
• Dimensions (DxH) Dial: 59 x 30 mm
• Dimensions (DxH) Base: 54 x 4 mm
• Weight (approx.): 145 g with batteries
• Battery life: 12 months typical (4-hour daily use)
• Wireless: Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy, Frequency: 2.40 GHz, Range 2 meters, Capacitive-touchscreen detectable (Studio only)
• Power: 2 AAA alkaline batteries

Special Features:

• Press and hold: For menu
• Rotate: Freely/continuously (both directions); 0.30 N-cm resistance torque
• Click: Activates a momentary switch with 300 g force; Rotate detection functional in up and down button positions
• Dynamic feedback: Provides tactile feedback in software adjustable increments
• On-screen detection: Touch digitizer reports the onscreen location through a capacitive pattern (Studio only)

Compatibility:

• Surface Pro, Surface Pro 4, Surface Book, Surface Studio, Surface Laptop
• Operating System: Windows 10 Anniversary Update

Apps:

• Bluebeam (Revu)
• Drawboard (Drawboard PDF)
• Mental Canvas (Mental Canvas Player)
• Silicon Benders (Sketchable)
• Smith Micro (Moho 12)
• Spotify (Spotify)
• Staffpad (StaffPad)
• Windows (All)
• Word, PPT, Excel (Office Win32)
• OneNote (UWP version)
• Windows Maps
• Plumbago
• Sketchpad
• Groove Music
• PewPew Shooter
• Microsoft Photos
• Paint