Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book pick up pen and touch driver updates for Anniversary Preview

By Daniel Rubino
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If you are using a Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book go ahead and check for some updates under Windows Update as you more than likely have a few new drivers. We confirmed on our Surfaces running the Anniversary Preview that the new drivers are available.

However, for those on Threshold 2 aka anything not build 14393.xx you will not get the drivers just yet. These drivers appear to prep the Surfaces for the Anniversary Update and include many optimizations. As such, Surfaces on Production (aka build 10586.494) should get around 18 driver updates come next week with the Anniversary Update.

Here is what is updated today for those on the Anniversary Preview:

  • Microsoft driver update for Surface Integration
  • Intel Corporation driver update for Intel(R) Precise Touch Device
  • Microsoft driver update for Surface Pen Pairing
  • Microsoft driver update for Surface Integration Service Device (Surface Pro Only)

Most of the updates appear to be tied to the Surface Pen including Intel's Precise Touch technology, which is used for pen and touch on the Surface. Considering the emphasis of Windows Ink Workspace in the Anniversary update this change makes sense.

Surface Integration driver can apply to many aspects of the Surface including Sleep/Hibernate states, Wi-Fi status related to those power modes, storage, and general system stability.

Today's driver refresh is the third round of driver updates for the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book from Microsoft leading up to the Anniversary Update. However, these are all separate updates, and none of the drivers overlap. The previous updates addressed the cameras as well as general system improvements. Those previous July driver updates include:

  • Intel driver update for Intel Imaging Signal Processor 2500
  • Intel Corporation driver update for Microsoft Camera Rear
  • Intel Corporation driver update for Intel Control Logic
  • Intel Corporation driver update for Microsoft Camera Front
  • Intel Corporation driver update for Microsoft IR Camera Front
  • Intel Corporation driver update for Intel AVSTream Camera 2500
  • Intel Corporation driver update for Intel CSI2 Host Controller
  • Surface System Aggregator Firmware
  • Surface Touch
  • Intel(R) HD Graphics 520
  • Surface Pen Settings
  • Intel(R) Smart Sound Technology (Intel(R) SST) Audio Controller
  • Intel(R) Smart Sound Technology (Intel(R) SST) OED
  • Surface Button

If you notice anything new or improved, let us know in comments!

Thanks, Jesse C., for the tip!

Daniel Rubino
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Daniel Rubino is the Editor-in-chief of Windows Central, head reviewer, podcast co-host, and analyst. He has been covering Microsoft since 2007 when this site was called WMExperts (and later Windows Phone Central). His interests include Windows, laptops, next-gen computing, and for some reason, watches. Before all this tech stuff, he worked on a Ph.D. in linguistics, watched people sleep (for medical purposes!), and ran the projectors at movie theaters because it was fun.

11 Comments
  • The writing end on my Surface Pro 3 pen has stopped working. I'm not sure if it's the battery or a driver issue.
  • As far as I know, the battery in the Surface Pen is for the button on the end, at least with the Pro 4 pen, so it could be a driver issue.
  • I thought that too until my SP3 pen stopped working. Battery change fixed it.
  • Try to delete the BT Pairing and repair.  If you can't re-pair (hold down eraser button get a green flashing light between the pen clip) then the button cell batteries in the eraser end needs replacing. Or if you pair fine but have spotting response to the pen tip controlling the cursor and/or drawing, replace the AAAA battery in the body. I recently went through this... First old battery in the AAAA, I used a volt meter to see it was quite low... had to re-pair the BT connection for actually writing to work consistently after upgrading to w10
  • There are two batteries. One for the top button (button cell style battery) and one in the barrel of the pen (AAAA battery). My surface Pro 3 pen needed the AAAA battery replaced.
  • yet, no update on firmware/driver download page. ..
     
  • Maybe this one will finally fix the crash on sleep for my Surface Book??? Come on, baby!
  • Just got the camera updates today so hard telling when I'll see these.
  • does anybody else's sp4 touch cover break after installing this? gestures don't work anymore
  • I'm always having problems. No matter what Windows update it's never been a clean experience. Often have to unclip and reattach to fix it. And sleeping while unclipped then attaching afterwards? Forget it. Totally ignores it.
  • There is also a Microsoft driver update for Surface DTX for the Surface Book