Category: Hardware

If you own a Surface Book 3 and experience intermittent screen blackouts, Microsoft is out there ready to help. The company has issued a statement on its official support forum asking users to contact Microsoft Support. Continue reading "Microsoft promises to fix screen blackouts on Surface Book 3"

15-inch Surface Laptop 3 is the only computer from Microsoft that runs on AMD CPU. According to the recent report from WinFuture, Microsoft is about to end this exclusivity. In the upcoming Surface Laptop 4, the company will offer AMD configurations in both 13-inch and 15-inch form-factors. Users will be free to choose what CPU they want in both sizes. Continue reading "AMD processors are coming to 13-inch Surface Laptop 4"

If you own a 13-inch Intel-based Surface Laptop 3, Microsoft has a few firmware updates for your computer. These do not bring new features or significant changes, but you will enjoy the battery life improvements, fixes for Bluetooth and Wi-Fi stability, audio refinements, and security patches. Continue reading "Surface Laptop 3 received battery life improvements with the latest firmware"

If you own one of the most affordable Surface computers, there are a few firmware updates for you on Windows Update. Right after updating the first and second-gen Surface Laptop, Microsoft is updating the original Surface Go, Surface Go 2, and the recently introduced Surface Laptop Go device. As usual, do not expect new features or significant changes. Today's firmware updates bring only fixes, minor improvements, and fresh drivers. Continue reading "Surface Go and Laptop Go receive new firmware updates"

A new month means new patches and updates for Surface devices. This time, the new firmware is available for the first and second-gen Surface Laptop. You can download the updates in the Settings – Security and Updates – Windows Updates. They would be there if your Surface Laptop is running Windows 10 1903 and newer. The chances are that you are already on a newer version, considering that Microsoft is forcing Windows 10 20H2 update to more devices.

Continue reading "First and second-gen Surface Laptop receive a new firmware"

The first and the second generation of Surface Pro X received a unified firmware update. A bunch of fresh updates did not bring significant changes, but they improve overall system stability, Wi-Fi reliability, and address various causes for bugchecks. Interestingly, Microsoft uses a single update for both Surface Pro X generations, likely due to the little difference between the two. Continue reading "Surface Pro X SQ1 and SQ2 received a unified firmware update"

Those living in the UK, France, Germany, and Canada, can now buy a dual-screen smartphone from Microsoft called Surface Duo. Until now, this rather unorthodox device was available in the US only.  Continue reading "Surface Duo is now available in the UK, France, Germany, and Canada"