This guide shows you how to pair, set up & use Surface Dial to navigate menus, control volume and other similar tasks on Windows 11/10.

Since my goal was to use the Surface Dial for video editing, I had two initial goals. The first was to adapt the dial to my video editor (incidentally, I am using Pinnacle Studio version 21).

A peripheral is one of its best features – the Surface Dial, an input device like nothing we’ve seen. We interviewed Microsoft Senior Designer Scott Schenone to hear how it was built.

Microsoft has also announced plans to extend this support to its Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book. This means that users of these devices will soon be able to attach the Surface Dial and use it in ...

When Microsoft unveiled the Surface Dial, one of the first apps it demoed was Sketchable. This third-party painting app made by a small startup exploded in popularity in the Windows Store ...

As part of its event yesterday, Microsoft revealed the wireless Surface Dial, a control wheel that attaches directly to the Surface Studio's screen, letting artists select colors and do other ...

It’s not normally included with the $2,999 Surface Studio, but Microsoft says those who pre-order the Surface Studio before Dec. 1 will also get a Surface Dial for delivery in 2017.

Check them out in the gallery below. Each developer has found a natural, unique way to use the Surface Dial in their app, and the results are pretty spectacular.

Microsoft and Apple both have new laptops on show and both have a rather special add-on too: the versatile Surface Dial in Microsoft's case and the Touch Bar extension that now sits above the ...

The Dial is Microsoft’s coolest input device ever, a silver puck accompanying the new Surface Studio computer. The gadget, which sits on the Studio’s 28-inch screen and twists like a doorknob ...

Microsoft has recently been granted a couple of patents detailing improvements to both the Surface Pen and the Surface Dial. The latter could feature touch-sensitive controls and mousing sensors.