Microsoft has officially released the first firmware update for the Surface Book 2, which was released worldwide earlier this month.
The Surface Book 2 is the second generation of Microsoft's so-called "ultimate laptop," coming not only with significant hardware upgrades but also a new 15-inch version that makes it more competitive with Apple's MacBook Pro.
Microsoft seems very keen to address bugs in the new model as quickly as possible, so the first firmware update is already available, bringing two sets of improvements depending on the version of Windows running on the device.
As Neowin writes, some Surface Book 2 units shipped with the Windows 10 Creators Update (version 1703) released in April of this year, which is strange considering the device actually hit shelves after the Fall Creators Update (version 1709) debuted.
In this case, the Surface Book 2 is getting a display driver update to version 22.20.16.4840 to improve system stability, as well as a Surface UEFI update to 387.1879.769.0, again to address stability issues.
There are also updates for Surface Human Interface Devices (HID) drivers to version 1.19.136.0, Surface integration, Surface DTX, and Surface UCSI, all of which support improving overall system stability.
Systems running the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update are shipped with the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 driver up to version 23.21.13.8808, which is required to support Windows Mixed Reality features. Additionally, they receive an update to the Surface ACPI Notify Driver to version 5.15.136.0, while the Surface Integration Device module is updated to version 4.14.136.0.
As usual, firmware updates are rolled out via Windows Update and you should make sure your device is charged or plugged in when installing new versions, otherwise you could end up with some very serious issues due to a failed firmware update.
