Source: Daniel Rubino/Windows Central
What you need to know
- Microsoft pushed new firmware updates to the Surface Pro X and Surface Studio today.
- These updates bring various improvements to system stability and battery performance.
- You can grab these updates now via Windows Update.
Microsoft released a fresh set of firmware updates for both the Surface Pro X and first-gen Surface Studio today. The updates largely focus on improving system stability across both PCs. However, the Surface Pro X also received some extra attention to battery performance, audio performance, and more.
Here's a look at what's new in each set of updates according to the Surface Update History page.
Surface Pro X
- Qualcomm Adreno 680 GPU: 26.18.1040.0000 - improves the Microsoft Teams app experience and resolves intermittent display issues.
- Qualcomm Aqstic: 1.0.0770.0000 - improves device audio performance.
- Qualcomm Aqstic: 4.0.0710.0000 - improves device audio performance.
- Qualcomm Hexagon 690 DSP: 1.0.1040.0000 - resolves device bugcheck.
- Qualcomm Hexagon 690 DSP: 1.0.1040.0000 - resolves device bugcheck.
- Qualcomm Memory and File System Device: 1.0.1040.0000 - resolves device bugcheck.
- Qualcomm System Manager Device: 1.0.1040.0000 - resolves device bugcheck and device crash.
- Qualcomm Wi-Fi B/G/N/AC (2x2) Svc: 1.0.1020.0000 - addresses potential security updates and improves connection reliability.
- Surface Pro X Qualcomm Aqstic: 1.0.0820.0000 - improves device audio performance.
- Surface Qualcomm Aqstic: 1.0.820.0 - improves device audio performance.
- Surface System Aggregator: 14.105.139.0 - improves battery performance and reporting.
- Surface UEFI: 3.477.140.0 - improves system stability.
Surface Studio
- Intel iCLS Client Extension: 1.56.87.0 - addresses security updates and improves system stability.
- Intel ICLS Client - Software devices: 1904.12.0.1208 - addresses security updates and improves system stability.
- Intel Management Engine Interface – System: 1914.12.0.1256 - addresses security updates and improves system stability.
- Intel Camera IR – System devices: 1.0.31.1 - addresses security updates and improves system stability.
- Surface Integration Service Device – System devices: 5.91.139.0 - addresses security updates and improves system stability.
- Surface ME - Firmware: 11.8.70.3626 - addresses security updates and improves system stability.
- Surface UEFI – Firmware: 119.3195.768.0 - addresses security updates and improves system stability.
This is the first set of firmware updates for the Surface Pro X since April, and the first for the Surface Studio since January. Both updates are available to download from Windows Update now.
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