Surface Pro X will be able to update the Surface Dock's firmware soon

Microsoft's working on an update to allow the Surface Pro X to update the Surface Dock's firmware.

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Microsoft will roll out a fix to allow the Surface Pro X to update the Surface Dock's firmware.
Currently, the Surface Pro X works with the dock but can't update the dock's firmware.
Microsoft states that "a new version of Microsoft Surface Dock Firmware Update will be released within the coming weeks."


Microsoft will ship an update "within the coming weeks" that will allow the Surface Pro X to update the firmware for the Surface Dock. At the moment, Surface Pro X devices can connect to the Surface Dock but cannot update the dock's firmware. A techcommunity post from Microsoft adds more details about the current limitations and Microsoft's plans to fix the issue.

If you try to update a Surface Dock's firmware using a Surface Pro X right now, you'll see an error message stating, "This installation package is not supported by this processor type. Contact your p...