New Surface Pro 3 update is aimed at improving battery life

Himanshu, 23 July, 2016

Microsoft has started rolling out a new update to Surface Pro 3 devices. The update bring along several changes, including improvements related to battery life, keyboard, and fingerprint sensor.

Here's the official change-log for the update:

Surface Pro System Aggregator Firmware

v3.9.850.0 increases battery life during sleep mode and improves keyboard stability.

Surface Pro UEFI

v3.11.1450.0 improves system sleep and hibernation behavior when battery level is low.

Surface Fingerprint Sensor

v2.2.10.8 increases finger print touch stability coming out of sleep.

Surface Pen Settings

v11.0.311.0 enhances pen setting driver stability.

It's worth mentioning that many users of the 2-in-1 detachable have been complaining about battery life-related problems recently. Possibly, the update fixes those issues as well.

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