Microsoft drops firmware updates for Surface 3, Surface Pro 2, and Surface Pro 3 ahead of Windows 10 release

After some hiccups, the July firmware updates for the Microsoft Surface 3, Surface 3 (4G LTE), Surface Pro 2, and Surface Pro 3 are ready for download.

After some hiccups, the July firmware updates for the Microsoft Surface 3, Surface 3 4G LTE (not sold here yet), Surface Pro 2, and Surface Pro 3 are ready for download. Several of them target Windows 10 only.

Here are the changes:

Surface 3

The System Firmware Update - 7/23/2015 adds the following to Windows 10 only:

  • Surface UEFI update (v1.50410.78.0) adds features to display and add a system asset tag and support for the Surface Cover during PXE boot.
  • HD Graphics Family driver update (v10.18.15.4248) improves graphics performance and stability on Windows 10.

Surface 3 (4G LTE)

The System Firmware Update - 7/24/2015 adds the following to Windows 8.1 only:

  • Surface UEFI update (v1.50410.218.0) improves mobile broadband network connectivity.
  • USB 3.0 Host Controller Adaptation driver update (v603.9600.2588.2097) improves mobile broadband network connectivity.
  • USB Composite Device driver update (v2.0.268.0) improves mobile broadband network connectivity.
  • Surface_IA7260.inf update driver for delivering future updates and refreshing production software signing.
  • Surface CoSAR driver update (v2.0.270.0) improves mobile broadband network connectivity.

Surface Pro 2

The System Hardware Update - 7/23/2015 adds the following to Windows 10 only:

  • HD Graphics Family driver update (v10.18.15.4248) improves graphics performance and stability on Windows 10.
  • Surface Integration Driver update (v2.0.304.0) resolves issue where Surface would wake from sleep by itself.

Surface Pro 3

The System Hardware Update - 7/23/2015 adds the following to Windows 10 only:

  • HD Graphics Family driver update (v10.18.15.4248) improves graphics performance and stability on Windows 10.
  • Audio driver update (v6.0.1.7543) improves the Cortana experience on Windows 10.
  • USB driver update (v10.0.10125.31214) improves system power usage.

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