Surface Book & Surface Pro 4 Driver Updates Arrive Prior to Anniversary Update Release

The July driver updates for Microsoft's top end Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 will address bugs, stability and performance as the Redmond company prepares to ship the next major update to Windows 10 early next month.

These two devices have been getting monthly driver and firmware updates since their release last fall and have finally arrived at a point where their reliability has increased tremendously.  For me I no longer worry about the hardware and just get my work done when I use Surface Book. That is a big change from those first few months after the devices were released.

Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 share a common hardware setup and use a lot of the same components so when driver and firmware updates are released the list of drivers are nearly identical. Sometimes, like this month on a couple of drivers, their version numbers will vary slightly but overall the updates run parallel to each other.

This months updates to Surface Book and Surface Pro 4 cover a full list of components and at least one update is specifically in preparation for next months Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

Here is a rundown of the updates released on 14 June for those two devices:

Microsoft driver update for Surface System Aggregator Firmware

v103.1226.256.0 (Surface Pro 4) & V88.1226.257.0 (Surface Book) - Improves the stability of the keyboard when the device resumes from hibernation or connected standby mode.

Microsoft driver update for Surface Touch

v51.250.106.239 (Surface Pro 4) & v51.250.94.229 (Surface Book) - Increases overall stability and addresses issues in touch, pen ink, and barrel button eraser scenarios.

Intel Corporation driver update for Intel(R) HD Graphics 520

v20.19.15.4463 (Surface Pro 4/Surface Book) - Improves system performance in some applications.

Microsoft driver update for Surface Pen Settings

v12.0.303.1 (Surface Pro 4/Surface Book) - Iimproves the stability of the pen settings and prepares for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.

Intel Corporation driver update for Intel(R) Smart Sound Technology (Intel(R) SST) Audio Controller

v8.20.0.931 (Surface Pro 4/Surface Book) - Improves audio stability.

Intel(R) Corporation driver update for Intel(R) Smart Sound Technology (Intel(R) SST) OED

v8.20.0.931 (Surface Pro 4/Surface Book) - Improves audio stability

Microsoft driver update for Surface Button

v1.1.662.0 (Surface Pro 4/Surface Book) - Improves device usability while the device is in tablet mode.

Microsoft driver update for Surface Touch Servicing ML

v1.0.207.0 (Surface Pro 4/Surface Book) - Increases overall stability and addresses issues in touch, pen ink, and barrel button eraser scenarios.

All of these updates will install automatically and prompt for a restart of your device. You can also check for them manually by opening up Settings > Update & security > Windows Update to download them immediately.

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