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).

The Surface Dial is a $100+ rotary control. You can turn it, and it’ll make some basic stuff happen on your Microsoft Surface. It’s silver and sleek and elegant but fundamentally, it just ...

On existing PCs and laptops you’ll be able to use the Dial on a desk to adjust options, and the Surface Studio will support on-screen interactions with the Dial.

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's new Surface Dial is compatible with "any Windows 10-enabled PC, laptop and tablet with the Anniversary Update" - but the degree of compatibility varies depending on the device you use.