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 desk concept looks like an Amazon Echo Show. | Image: Microsoft" data-portal-copyright="Image: Microsoft"> The badge concept for Project Solara. | Image: Microsoft" data-portal-copyright="Image: Microsoft"> 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 wi … Read the full story at The Verge.