Microsoft’s Project Solara is an OS for AI agent gadgets

Microsoft just announced “Project Solara,” a new OS designed for gadgets that run AI agents, at Build 2026. The company is calling it “a new platform built from the ground up to power agent-driven experiences.” It’s built on Android, not Windows.

Microsoft demonstrated two concept Project Solara devices at Build today: Desk concept and badge concept. The desk concept is an Amazon Echo Show-like device that unlocks with facial recognition and provides access to AI agents.

The badge concept is a wearable, the type of badge you’d typically use to access a work building. It has a camera and a fingerprint scanner, which can wake an AI agent with a single press. Microsoft demonstrated the ability to tap and record a conversation, and instantly transcribe it. The camera can also be used by the agent to see what a user can see.

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