{"id":1109,"date":"2016-07-27T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/?p=1109"},"modified":"2024-10-05T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-05T17:00:00","slug":"july-2016-firmware-update-for-surface-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/07\/27\/july-2016-firmware-update-for-surface-3\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2016 firmware update for Surface 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20180729113450\/https:\/\/v47.imgup.net\/Surface218b.jpg\" width=\"71\" align=\"left\" height=\"52\">[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/auch-surface-3-bekommt-juli-2016-firmware-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German<\/a>]Microsoft has released recently a few firmware updates for Surface tablet PCs. Currently a July 2016 firmware update for Surface 3 is in preparation.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The firmware update shall improve battery usage, reliability, camera, sensors and UEFI. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/surface\/en-us\/support\/install-update-activate\/surface-3-update-history?os=windows-10&amp;=undefined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Update History<\/a> page still doesn't give a clue about this update. But there is a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20170328083539\/https:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/itpro\/surface\/deploy-the-latest-firmware-and-drivers-for-surface-devices\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Technet article<\/a> from Juli 19, 2016 with a few hints.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Surface 3\" alt=\"Surface 3\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200615212747\/https:\/\/j80.imgup.net\/Surface3fb41.jpg\"><br \/>(Surface 3, Source: Microsoft)<\/p>\n<p>Currently it seems, that the firmware update isn't available via Windows Update, but should be arrive in Windows 8.1 and Windows 10 within a few days. Downloading the zip archive files from the following links is possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=49040\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Surface 3 Wi-Fi<\/a><br \/>Surface 3 LTE<\/p>\n<p>After unzipping the archive files, the following drivers and firmware packages are available.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Windows 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Surface Pen Settings (v12.0.303.1) enhances pen setting driver stability and prepares for Windows 10 Anniversary Update.<\/li>\n<li>Surface Platform Power Driver (v2.1.65.1) improves battery charging.<\/li>\n<li>Intel(R) AVStream Camera (v21.10586.6053.549) improves reliability of the Camera.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Camera Front (v21.10586.6053.549) improves reliability of the Camera.<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Camera Rear (v21.10586.6053.549) improves reliability of the Camera.<\/li>\n<li>Intel(R) Imaging Signal Processor 2401 (v21.10586.6053.549) improves reliability of the Camera.<\/li>\n<li>Surface System Aggregator Firmware (v1.0.52500.0) improve proximity sensor for cellular and wifi.<\/li>\n<li>Surface UEFI (v1.51116.178.0) adds Commercial UEFI features and fixes for OSK.<\/li>\n<li>Intel(R) HD Graphics (v20.19.15.4424) improves system performance in some applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Windows 8.1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Surface Platform Power Driver (v2.1.65.1) improves battery charging.<\/li>\n<li>Intel(R) USB 3.0 Host Controller Adaptation Driver (v603.9600.2588.2097) fixes USB Device enumeration coming out of CS.<\/li>\n<li>Surface System Aggregator Firmware (v1.0.52500.0) improves proximity sensor for cellular and wifi.<\/li>\n<li>Surface UEFI (v1.51116.178.0) adds commercial UEFI features and fixes for OSK.<\/li>\n<li>Intel(R) HD Graphics (v20.19.15.4424) improves system performance in some applications.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drwindows.de\/content\/10637-firmware-update-fuer-surface-3-verfuegbar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Similar articles:<br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200517120847\/https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/07\/25\/firmware-update-for-surface-booksurface-pro-4\/\">Firmware-Update for Surface Book\/Surface Pro 4<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2016\/07\/20\/akku-gate-surface-pro-3-and-the-sudden-battery-dead\/\">'Akku gate': Surface Pro 3 and the \"sudden\" battery dead<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2015\/11\/19\/firmware-updates-for-surface-pro-4-and-surface-book\/\">Firmware-Updates for Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2015\/03\/04\/surface-pro-3-fix-miracast-issue-with-microsoft-wireless-display-adapter\/\">Surface Pro 3: Fix Miracast issue with Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2015\/01\/17\/january-firmware-updates-for-microsofts-surface-pro-family\/\">January firmware updates for Microsoft's Surface Pro family<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2014\/12\/24\/official-source-for-surface-recovery-image-downloads\/\">Official source for Surface recovery image downloads<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[German]Microsoft has released recently a few firmware updates for Surface tablet PCs. 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