Surface Duo receives its March 2021 Android security and firmware update
Microsoft’s dual-screen Surface Duo is now getting its March 2021 security patch … and likely other fixes in tow.
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What you need to know
Microsoft’sSurface Duoappears to be back on track for monthly updates as the March 2021 one is now rolling out to unlocked Duos (AT&T branded ones are usually a week later pending approval).
The update contains Android security patches for the month and likely other fixes and improvements as well. The update is 82.39MB in size, which is slightly bigger than last month’s cumulative update, whicharrived three weeks agoand was just 66MB.
The update bumps the Surface Duo build number from 2021.115.52 to 2021.207.70 and the security patch to March 5th, 2021.
To check for the update, use the following steps:
Microsoft has not yet sharedthe changelogfor this update, but we’ll update this article when that happens.
Update 3/19:The changelog has now been posted:
Surface Duo has been receiving many updates for its Launcher and keyboard recently with multiple updates per week. From our own experience, the Launcher has a much more significant impact on gestures, behavior, and smoothness than previously thought, with substantial improvements being observed after each one.
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