Microsoft’s new Surface Laptop Ultra update fixes reboot and display bugs

Microsoft’s Surface Laptop Ultra was blighted by several nuisance bugs at launch, but now the business has released several new firmware to determine them. The October 22 release addresses three issues notable issues in particular: display flickering, unexpected restarts, and lengthy reboot times, alongside unspecified “additional bug fixes and broad achievement improvements,” according to Microsoft’s announcement.

My coworker Tom Warren informed several of these issues whenever he reviewed the Surface Laptop Ultra, finding that rebooting the equipment was “surprisingly slow,” and that “moving a opening about quickly sometimes remaining a small trail.” He additionally ran into several speaker interference issues that were “loud adequate to audio akin firecrackers” and resolved upon rebooting the Surface Laptop Ultra, but established that “it’s happened a brace of times now” — We’ve asked Microsoft if this is among the additional bug fixes included in the update.

In its announcement, Microsoft says several additional steps “may be required” for Surface Laptop Ultra users following installing this firmware update:

The firmware update volition be delivered to all Surface Laptop Ultra devices, but not all equipment volition obtain it at the identical time. If you don’t desire to delay around, you can manually instal the update by following the instructions complete on Microsoft’s controller and firmware page. The firmware update can’t be un-installed or reverted to an before version.