What you need to know
- The Surface Pro 7 has a firmware update.
- The update "improves camera and associated system bugcheck performance."
- The update also improves battery performance.
The Surface Pro 7 has new firmware updates available. The update "improves camera and associated system bugcheck performance" and also improves battery performance. You can grab the updates from each device through Windows Update.
Here's a rundown of all of what's new, as detailed on Microsoft's Surface Pro 7 Update history pages.
Surface Pro 7
- Intel(R) Control Logic – System devices: 42.18362.3.11803 improves camera and associated system bugcheck performance.
- Intel(R) Imaging Signal Processor 2500 – System devices: 42.18362.3.11803 improves camera and associated system bugcheck performance.
- Surface Camera Front – System devices: 42.18362.3.11803 improves camera and associated system bugcheck performance.
- Surface Camera Front Extension: 42.18362.3.11803 improves camera and associated system bugcheck performance.
- Surface Camera IR – System devices: 42.18362.3.11803 improves camera and associated system bugcheck performance.
- Surface Camera IR Extension: 42.18362.3.11803 improves camera and associated system bugcheck performance.
- Surface Camera Rear – System devices: 42.18362.3.11803 improves camera and associated system bugcheck performance.
- Microsoft Camera Rear Extension: 42.18362.3.11803 improves camera and associated system bugcheck performance. 42.18362.3.11803
- Intel(R) AVStream Camera 2500 – Camera: 42.18362.3.11803 improves camera and associated system bugcheck performance.
- Surface System Aggregator – Firmware: 14.48.139.0 improves battery performance.
- Surface UEFI – Firmware: 7.161.140.0 improves Surface Dock USB performance.
In addition to the Surface Pro 7, Microsoft recently released an update for the Surface Studio 2 as well. This update focuses on optimizing the fan speed, which should cut down on any fan noise issues you may have encountered. From the release notes:
Surface Studio 2
- Surface System Aggregator – Firmware: 5.110.139.0 optimizing system fan speed based on processor utilization.
These updates should be available to download via Windows Update now.
Now with USB-C and 10th Gen Intel Core CPUs
The Surface Pro 7 has been refreshed with 10th Gen Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 "Ice Lake" CPU options for improved performance, and it offers USB-C for added connectivity.
