Microsoft ditches Surface Audio app for Android, Windows, iOS and replaces it with refreshed Surface edition

Surface App 2022 Android New Source: Daniel Rubino / Windows Key

What you lot need to know

Microsoft is replacing its Surface Audio app with a new Microsoft Surface one on Android, iOS, and Windows.
The app lets users add and manage Surface Earbuds and Surface Headphones on smartphones and Windows PCs and view info about Surface PCs and phones.
On Windows, the app consolidates 2 apps into one probable to streamline device direction.

When Microsoft introduced its Surface Headphones it also released apps for Android, iOS, and Windows to manage firmware updates, equalizer, and general settings. Dubbed "Surface Audio," the app was straightforward and is a standard solution for headphone makers on various platforms to continue devices upwards to date, manage warranties, and control settings.

Well, that app is now dead. Afterwards today, at that place is at present just i app: Microsoft Surface.

In fact, if you launch it on Windows right now, information technology'll tell you as much. But before you read likewise much into that, it's because Microsoft is, rightfully, consolidating its efforts. At least on Windows, in that location were e'er two apps if you were on a Surface PC: Surface Audio, and ane call merely Surface.

Surface Audio Pc Old Microsoft at present prompts yous to uninstall Windows Surface Sound and use its Surface app instead. Source: Windows Central

The Surface app is still barebones, but information technology has an updated design with some new graphics for Surface Headphones and Surface Earbuds. If you're on an actual Surface device, yous also get whatsoever settings and warranty information about that device. That includes Surface Duo, which not only gives y'all that information but nicely spans beyond dual screens, as well.

If you have a Microsoft account, you can log in every bit well. Interestingly, if you have a Surface Slim Pen two paired to Surface Duo 2, information technology does not show up nether these Surface devices (instead, it's under generic Bluetooth settings). We'll accept to await and see if Microsoft builds that out as its Android efforts evolve.

One interesting feature that seems to be new is those Surface audio products (Headphones and Earbuds). Under "Device Information," you can now see a listing of all the PCs and phones that have been paired with your headphones. Next to each is a toggle, letting you quickly spring between multiple devices by turning one device off and another on to forcefulness connectivity to the preferred ane.

Of course, the question nosotros're wondering is if Microsoft has any more Surface accessories upward its sleeve that it plans to apply with this app. For that, we'll have to wait and see, merely as the app'southward proper name no longer limits it to simply audio, there are certainly more possibilities.

For those on Android and iOS, y'all don't need to uninstall Surface Sound equally the app will update through the Store and be updated and replaced with the Microsoft Surface app. Those on Windows 10 or 11 will be prompted to uninstall the former app and download the new ane in the Microsoft Store.

Y'all tin download the Surface app at the App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft Store now.

Surface Headphones 2

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Back in black

Microsoft's Surface Headphones are back, and they're available in blackness. The Surface Headphones 2 also bring Bluetooth 5, up to 20 hours of battery life, aptX support, and more.

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At present at a lower cost, the Surface Earbuds will undoubtedly turn some heads when you're out wearing them, only you lot'll be able to make utilize of gesture support on your PC, iPhone, or Android smartphone.

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