About the Microsoft Surface Dial
A new tool for the creative process. Surface Dial is a completely new way to interact with technology and create in the most natural, immersive way. Store, customize, access, navigate, and reimagine physical tools in the digital world - from concept to creation.
Transition seamlessly through tasks.
Press and hold Surface Dial to display a radial menu of tools, making it easier and faster to do the things you love your way, while supporting your workflow.
Simplify actions
Make everyday tasks simple and fun. Adjust the volume on your favorite Groove track. Scroll through news articles without touching your keyboard or mouse. Fly through your local city in Windows Maps.
Partners with Pen
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.
Use directly on screen
When used with Surface Studio, Surface Dial allows you to reimagine the way you design. Place it directly on the screen and watch as a color picker or ruler magically appears on your digital drafting table.
Feel your work.
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.
Sketchable
Surface Dial gives you quick and intuitive access to the brush settings you use most. Make fast and fluid color adjustments, and rotate or scale your canvas to achieve a finer level of control.
Dial also works with these apps.
Microsoft has all the apps you need to work and play. Watch thinking in action with Ink Replay and Surface Dial in OneNote. Use with Windows Maps to tilt in 3D. Fine-tune scrub through a song in Groove Music. Access drawing tools in Plumbago.
An integral part of the Surface family.
Many of the innovative things Surface Dial can do with Surface Studio can also be done with Surface Book and Surface Pro 4.