Surface Laptop Go gets better battery life when running Windows 11

Surface Laptop Go Lid Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Fundamental

What you need to know

The Surface Laptop Go recently received a firmware update.
A Windows 11 feature that improves battery life now works with the Surface Laptop Go.
The update also improves the stability of the device and addresses several bugs.

Microsoft's Surface Laptop Go merely received a firmware update that improves the stability and battery life of the device. Following the update, the laptop volition be able to take advantage of a Windows 11 feature that improves bombardment life.

Hither are the changes in the latest Surface Laptop Go update for devices running the Windows 10 May 2022 Update or greater:

Improves device stability [past] addressing bugcheck.

Improves graphics stability and enables [Windows] 11 feature to improve battery life.

Microsoft details the components that take been updated in a support page:

Windows Update History	Device Managing director
Intel Corporation – Display - 27.20.100.9621	Intel UHD Graphics – Display
Intel Corporation Ext – 27.20.100.9621	Intel UHD Graphics – Extension
Surface - Surface Organisation Management - 3.140.139.0	Surface SMF - Surface Organization Management

The changelog does non specify how the Surface Laptop Go will have amend bombardment life afterward the update. The back up folio mentions a "Windows 11 feature" that is enabled, merely does non listing which characteristic that is.

Back in September 2022, a Microsoft Mechanics video explained why some devices running Windows 11 would run better than if they were on Windows ten. Several features work in conjuction to improve performance, including the OS prioritizing apps in the foreground. There's a chance that i of the features outlined in that video plays a part in the recent improvement of the Surface Laptop Go's battery life.

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