During February 2021, Microsoft has been rolling out a number of updates for many of its Surface devices, including Surface Laptop 3, Surface Book 3, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Laptop (original), Surface Laptop Go, Surface Pro 6, and Surface Pro 5th Gen, to improve system stability, performance, and fix some issues.
According to the Microsoft support page, the update for Surface Laptop 3 was made available on February 12, and it is available for devices running Windows 10 version 1903 or later.
Surface Book 3, Laptop 2, Laptop (original), and Laptop Go received the update on February 5, and they are available for devices using version 1903 and version 1909 for the case of the Laptop Go.
The rest of the devices received their updates on February 2, and the updates are available for devices running version 1903 or higher.
Surface Laptop 3 February 2021 update
These are all the new changes for the device:
- AMD Radeon Vega 9 Graphics / AMD Radeon Vega 11 Graphics 26.20.12063.1003: Improves system graphics performance, stability, and security.
- Surface TCON device -Human Interface Devices 4.27.139.0: Resolves system bugcheck while resuming from sleep.
- Surface Integration Service Device – System devices 6.105.139.0: Improves integration between system services and resolves an issue with telemetry reporting.
- Surface System Aggregator – Firmware 16.407.139.0: Improves system stability and system telemetry reporting.
- Surface UEFI – Firmware 1.2746.140.0: Addresses security updates and improves system stability.
Surface Book 3 February 2021 update
These are all the new changes for the device:
- Intel Iris Plus Graphics – Display adapters 27.20.100.8681: Improves system graphics performance, stability, and security.
- Intel Iris Plus Graphics Extension 27.20.100.8681: Improves integration between system services and stability.
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX – Display adapters 27.21.14.5257: Improves system graphics performance, stability, and security.
- Surface UEFI – Firmware 9.102.140.0: Addresses security updates and improves system stability.
Surface Laptop 2 February 2021 update
These are all the new changes for the device:
- Surface UEFI – Firmware 138.3440.768.0: Addresses security updates and improves system stability.
Surface Laptop (original) February 2021 update
These are all the new changes for the device:
- Surface UEFI – Firmware 138.3440.768.0: Addresses security updates and improves system stability.
Surface Laptop Go February 2021 update
These are all the new changes for the device:
- Realtek Hardware Support Application – Software devices 11.0.6000.92: Improves audio performance while streaming content.
- Realtek High Definition Audio (SST) Extension 6.1.0.8: Improves integration between system services and stability.
- Realtek High Definition Audio (SST) – Sound, video, and game controllers 6.0.9014.1: Improves audio performance and resolves the associated system bugcheck.
- Surface Battery – Batteries 2.56.139.0: Resolves the issue where the battery icon is not available in the taskbar.
- Surface Integration Service Device – System devices 6.105.139.0: Improves integration between system services and resolves an issue with telemetry reporting.
- Intel WiFi 6 AX201 160MHz – Network adapters 22.0.1.1: Improves Wi-Fi stability.
- Intel Wireless Bluetooth – Bluetooth 22.00.3.1: Improves Bluetooth stability.
- Surface UEFI – Firmware 8.15.140.0: Addresses security updates and improves system stability.
Surface Pro 6 February 2021 update
These are all the new changes for the device:
- Surface UEFI – Firmware 235.3440.768.0: Addresses security updates and improves system stability.
Surface Pro 5 February 2021 update
These are all the new changes for the device:
- Surface UEFI – Firmware 235.3440.768.0: Addresses security updates and improves system stability.
Surface Pro 7 Plus January 2021 update
Also, during January, the newly released Surface Pro 7 Plus received its first update, and here are all the changes:
- Surface TCON device -Human Interface Devices 160.146.4.0: Resolves screen refresh issues.
- Surface Panel – Monitor 6.12.139.0: Resolves the adaptive brightness issue.
- Surface System Aggregator – Firmware 10.24.139.0: Improves the power and graphics performance; resolves the USB-C issue.
- Surface TCON device -Human Interface Devices (For LTE Advanced) 160.146.3.0: Resolves screen refresh issues.
The update should download and install automatically, but if you have not received it, then you get it from Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update and try to force the download manually.
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