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933 Microsoft's Project Solara Is an OS For Devices That Run AI Agents Instead of Apps

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 06/02/2026 23:30 EDT

Microsoft's Project Solara Is an OS For Devices That Run AI Agents Instead of Apps

An anonymous reader quotes a report from GeekWire: A team inside Microsoft has been quietly building a platform for devices that run AI agents instead of apps, based on Android instead of Windows, with two working hardware designs so far, and an initial set of big-name companies lined up to run pilots. The platform, dubbed "Project Solara," is Microsoft's bet that AI will open up entirely new scenarios for computing -- using agents to avoid the constraints of traditional software, and off-the-shelf componen

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