Today, Microsoft released new firmware and driver updates for its Surface Book and Pro 4 devices. While the Pro 4 has been receiving updates regularly, it"s worth noting that the Surface Book hasn"t seen an update in almost six months.
In fact, it used to be standard for both devices to get updates at the same time, but that trend ended when the Surface Pro 4 kept receiving updates but the Book didn"t. The updates are for devices running any version of Windows 10.
Here"s what"s new for the Surface Book:
| Windows Update History Name | Device Manager Name |
|---|---|
| Intel Corporation driver update for Intel(R) AVStream Camera 2500 – System – 3.0.0.0 | Intel(R) AVStream Camera 2500 – Sound, video and GC
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| Intel Corporation driver update for Microsoft Camera Front – System – 3.0.0.0 | Microsoft Camera Front – System device
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| Intel Corporation driver update for Microsoft Camera IR Front – System – 3.0.0.0 | Microsoft Camera IR Front – System device 30.15063.10999.4731 Improves camera stability. |
| Intel Corporation driver update for Intel(R) Control Logic – System – 3.0.0.0 | Intel(R) Control Logic – System device
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| Intel Corporation driver update for Intel(R) CSI2 Host Controller – System – 3.0.0.0 | Intel(R) CSI2 Host Controller – System device
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| Intel Corporation driver update for Intel(R) Imaging Signal Processor 2500 – System – 3.0.0.0 | Intel(R) Imaging Signal Processor 2500 – System device
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| Intel Corporation driver update for Microsoft Camera Rear – System – 3.0.0.0 | Microsoft Camera Rear – System device
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| Surface – System – 1.0.85.1 | Surface Camera Windows Hello – System device
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As for Surface Pro 4 users, you"ll find all of the above, along with two more:
| Surface driver update for Surface Embedded Controller Firmware – System – 3.0.0.0 | Surface Embedded Controller Firmware – Firmware
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| Surface driver update for Surface Integration – System – 3.0.0.0 | Surface Integration – System device
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The main reason that updates for the Pro 4 and Book would show up parallel to each other is that they both have very similar hardware, including Intel"s sixth-generation "Skylake" chips.
As always, you can grab these via Windows Update. You can also manually download them, with the Surface Pro 4 bundle available here, and the Surface Book bundle here.