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Mobile World Congress 2017: Samsung announces the Galaxy Book with Windows 10

Written By published February 26, 2017

Today at Mobile World Congress, Samsung announced an expanded strategic partnership with Microsoft that will help professionals use digital technology to work anywhere, with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Book powered by Windows 10 and improvements to Samsung Flow.

The Samsung Galaxy Book with Windows 10

To kick off the expanded strategic partnership, Samsung and Microsoft worked together to design the Samsung Galaxy Book, a new premium 2-in-1 designed with the mobile enterprise customer in mind. Built with Windows 10, the Samsung Galaxy Book weighs less than two pounds and provides easy access to the full desktop Microsoft Office experience in an ultra-portable 2-in-1 design that delivers unmatched productivity for the professional on-the-go. The 12-inch touchscreen enables you to easily use Windows Ink or markup and draw on websites in Microsoft Edge, and the S Pen is equipped with the tilt SDK for Windows Ink, providing artists with advanced shading and brushstrokes. The Galaxy Book also allows you to use your voice to talk to Cortana*, your personal digital assistant, comes with a 7th generation Intel Core processor and provides up to 10 hours of battery life.

The newly improved Samsung Flow with Windows 10

Creating a complete ecosystem that allows simple communication between devices is a key component to a successful mobile transformation. Samsung improved Samsung Flow with Microsoft on the Galaxy Book. Samsung Flow allows customers to sync their Galaxy smartphone with the Galaxy Book for convenient login and Wi-Fi connection through the smartphone’s mobile hotspot when a data connection is not available, and the Samsung Flow app will display notifications from your smartphone.

With the Samsung Galaxy Book and improved Samsung Flow, Samsung continues to build great new Windows 10 devices designed for you be productive wherever you are.

*Cortana available in select markets