Microsoft recently began pushing out firmware updates to both the Surface 3 and Surface Pro 3, but until now it was not clear what was addressed by this update. These updates appear to bring quite a number of changes along with them, but it doesn't appear as though the update is going off without a hitch. There are a number of users who have complained of the updates causing their machine to BSOD.
Some of the fixes included in the Surface 3 update are:
- Wireless Network Controller and Bluetooth driver update (v15.68.9037.59) improves access point compatibility and throughput on 5GHz.
- Surface Digitizer Integration driver update (v1.0.1.1) improves pen pairing feature with newest surface pen.
- Surface Pen Pairing driver update (v1.0.1.1) improves pen pairing feature with newest surface pen.
- Audio Device driver update (v604.10135.7777.2109) improves audio quality with some applications.
- I2S Audio Codec driver update (v6.2.9600.527) improves audio quality with some applications.
As for the Surface Pro 3, you'll notice:
- Surface Pro Embedded Controller Firmware update (v38.9.50.0) improves system start-up reliability.
- Surface Pro UEFI update (v3.11.1150.0) adds pen support in UEFI menus and improved support for 3rd party onscreen keyboards.
- Surface Fingerprint Sensor driver update (v2.2.10.6) improves accuracy.
- Wireless Network Controller and Bluetooth driver update (v15.68.9037.59) improves access point compatibility and throughput on 5GHz.
- HD Graphics Family driver update 4331 (v20.19.15.4331) improves color calibration and system stability.
Of course, these are just a few of the changes. If you own either of these tablets, you'll want to hit the links below to see everything that has been changed with the firmware update.
Source: Microsoft (Surface 3), (Surface Pro 3)
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