Microsoft rolls out the new firmware updates for its top line of Surface devices, including Surface Book, Surface Pro 4, and Surface Pro 3. While the Surface Pro 3 has been receiving updates for more than a year, the October release is the first wave of updates for Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book.
The update brings a bunch of fixes for the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book cameras, display stability, and storage drivers. For Surface Pro 3 the new update fixes the Surface Pro 4 Type Cover and support for the new Microsoft Surface Dock.
Here is the breakdown:
Surface Book
The new update will appear either as “System Firmware Update – 10/23/2015” or “System Hardware Update – 10/23/2015,” and includes the following changes:
- Surface Camera drivers set (v30.10154.6640.152) enables the Windows Hello feature.
- Control Logic driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- CSI2 Host Controller driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Imaging Signal Processor 2500 driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Microsoft Camera Front driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Microsoft Camera Rear driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Microsoft IR Camera Front driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Surface Camera Windows Hello driver (v1.0.24.0)
- AVStream Camera 2500 driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Surface Display Calibration driver (v1.1.371.0) improves the overall display stability.
- Surface Integration driver (v1.1.263.0) improves storage performance.
- Surface Storage Firmware Update driver (v1.447.0) improves storage performance.
Surface Pro 4
The new update will appear either as “System Firmware Update – 10/23/2015” or “System Hardware Update – 10/23/2015,” and includes the following changes:
- Surface Camera drivers set (v30.10154.6640.152) enables the Windows Hello feature.
- Control Logic driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- CSI2 Host Controller driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Imaging Signal Processor 2500 driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Microsoft Camera Front driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Microsoft Camera Rear driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Microsoft IR Camera Front driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Surface Camera Windows Hello driver (v1.0.24.0)
- AVStream Camera 2500 driver (v30.10154.6640.152)
- Surface Display Calibration driver (v1.1.371.0) improves the overall display stability.
- Surface Integration driver (v1.0.59.0) improves storage performance.
- Surface Storage Firmware Update driver (v1.447.0) improves storage performance.
Surface Pro 3
The new update will appear as “System Firmware Update – 10/26/2015,” and includes the following changes:
- Surface Pro System Aggregator Firmware update (v3.9.750.0) adds support for Microsoft Surface Dock on Surface Pro 3.
- Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Type Cover drivers set update adds support for the Surface Pro 4 Type Cover on Surface Pro 3.
- Surface Type Cover Filter Device driver (v.1.1.360.0)
- Surface Fingerprint Sensor driver (v2.2.10.4)
- Surface Type Cover Integration driver (v1.1.362.0)
- Surface Pro 4 Type Cover Integration driver (v1.1.359.0)
- Surface PTP Filter driver (v1.0.33.1)
- Surface Accessory Firmware update driver (v1.1.382.0)
- Surface Keyboard Backlight driver (1.1.365.0)
Surface 3 and the rest of the tablets do not get an October firmware update.
Source Microsoft