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The Windows Store offers more than 100,000 apps for your Microsoft Surface, with more apps appearing each week. Here’s a look at some of the most popular apps in the Windows Store, and why they deserve a spot on your Surface.
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MediaMonkey
Your Surface includes the Music and Video apps for playing your tunes and movies. But those apps spend too much of their time convincing you to buy more music and video. Media Monkey, by contrast, focuses on ways for you to enjoy the music and video you already own. The app plays both music and video, and it supports a wider variety of media formats than Microsoft’s built-in apps. Most important, though, the free app puts the focus on your own media collection, not Microsoft’s. (Upgrading to the Pro version for $4.99 lets you sync wirelessly with your home network.)
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Netflix
The Netflix app offers access to Netflix’s streaming library of thousands of movies. If you’re not a Netflix subscriber, the app provides a compelling reason as to why you should pony up the monthly fee. Netflix sorts its thousands of available videos into almost 80,000 categories to make the most esoteric niches easy to find. Are you only into Dark Thrillers Based on Books, for example? Netflix’s uncanny recommendation system ensures you’ll find movies you want to watch, whenever the couch calls.
Google Search
The Google Search app lures you in with its famous search engine. Unlike Microsoft’s built-in Bing search engine, the Google Search app doesn’t even require you to type your search. Just tap on the onscreen microphone, say what you’re looking for, and Google delivers.
The app also provides a gateway to Google’s other services. Tap the Applications button, and Google provides access to Gmail, Maps, Calendar, Drive, YouTube, and more. Installing the Google app is an easy way to take advantage of Google’s best services without having to install a dozen apps on your Surface.
OneNote
The Surface RT and Surface 2 come with the full desktop version of OneNote, Microsoft’s popular note-taking app. Microsoft’s OneNote team also released OneNote as a free Start screen app, making it available for owners of the Surface Pro and Pro 2, as well. The OneNote app’s finger-sized controls let you create OneNote files on the fly, as well as browse through your existing OneNote files.
The OneNote app accesses the same OneNote files you’ve created with your PC, phone, or other device. When you store your OneNote files on SkyDrive, you can read and edit them easily from your Surface’s Start screen. At the least, it’s a handy way to keep a shopping list that anybody in the family can access from any device. At the most, it’s a fantastic way to organize school classes, travel plans, and favorite recipes.
Amazon Kindle
Amazon leads the field with ebooks, and Amazon’s Kindle app lets you read books on nearly any device, including your Surface. The Kindle app lets you access ebooks you’ve purchased from Amazon, and it lets you download those books to your Surface for reading when you’re away from an Internet connection.
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Even if you only read free classics in the public domain, the Kindle app means there’s always a fantastic book within an arm’s reach.
Remote Desktop
Perhaps an odd choice, Remote Desktop is too advanced for most people. But for the few who need it, it’s quite an ace in the hole. Remote Desktop lets you connect to another computer over a network or the Internet. After you connect by entering the correct username and password, that distant computer’s screen fills your Surface’s screen. From there, you can access that computer’s files and run its programs just as if you were sitting in front of it. On the road and need to check the files of your home or work computer? Remote Desktop can handle the job.
TuneIn
Internet Radio stations fill nearly every musical niche around the world, and the TuneIn app lets you listen to nearly thousands of stations catering to every musical genre. If you prefer to stick around your hometown, many of your local stations are also available. The app even carries many local police and file scanner channels, if you want to know where that nearby siren’s headed.
TuneIn provides a handy way to listen to your favorite type of music without having to stuff your Surface with MP3 files.
Facebook finally created a Windows app, which quickly rose to the top of the Windows Store’s Top Free apps category. There’s one caution, though: The Facebook app only runs on Windows 8.1, so Surface RT and Surface Pro owners must upgrade to Windows 8.1 before installing it. But once you’ve installed the app, you’ll find Facebook navigation to be easier than plunging in through Internet Explorer.
The Internet brims with so much information that it’s difficult to find the interesting stuff. That’s where Flipboard steps in. Dubbed as “Your Personal Magazine” by its creators, Flipboard starts by letting you tap a few tiles based on your interests. For example, tap the News, Technology, Travel and Politics tiles, and Flipboard scours the Internet, pulling in popular articles that match those topics. (It even tosses in your social media feeds, if you’ve added those to the mix.) Whenever you open Flipboard, a newly issued personal magazine is ready for browsing.
Music Maker Jam
Whether you’re a struggling music student or a hotshot bebop player, Music Maker Jam brings something to the table. Choose a style of music by tapping its tile, and Music Maker Jam begins playing a loop of the basics: bass, drums and a rhythm instrument. From there, you can pick and choose between the loops to create something new, or pick up a real instrument and start jamming along to whatever loops are playing. It’s a fun way to turn music into a hands-on game rather than a spectator sport.
Two types of updates keep your Surface performing its best: Surface updates for hardware, also known as firmware, and Windows 10 software updates. Both types install automatically as they become available. If you have any questions or problems with an update, here’s some info that might help.
Let's walk through the update process for a Surface device that's running Windows 10 starting with preparation of your equipment and internet connection.
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Before you begin updating
Attach your Surface Type Cover or Surface docking station (if you have one) so it gets the latest updates, too.
Make sure you have an internet connection, preferably Wi-Fi or Ethernet, which are the best for downloads. If you can’t install updates, you might have a connection problem. Fix network connection issues in Windows
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If you can't use Wi-Fi, there are some alternatives:
Use an Ethernet connection with the Surface Dock or Ethernet to USB adapter.
If you have an LTE-enabled device, turn off Set as metered connection to get all updates over your mobile broadband connection. Get help with metered internet connections
Plug your Surface into an outlet, and make sure your Surface is charged to at least 40 percent before installing updates. Keep your Surface plugged in and turned on while it's updating.
Update Windows 10
After following the preparation steps, see Check for Windows updates to see available updates and manage your options. For more info, see Trouble installing Surface and Windows updates?
Update Surface drivers and firmware
After following the preparation steps, and if you are unable to check Windows Update, download update files manually for any Surface device.
To select and update your Surface device, see Download drivers and firmware for Surface.
Note: Installation time varies, depending on the speed of the internet, the number of updates, and the size of the update files.
Problems installing updates?
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If you have additional issues trying to install Surface driver/firmware updates, see Trouble installing Surface updates?for additional troubleshooting options.
More update info
To learn about the Surface updates released so far, see Surface update history.
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To see which Windows and Surface updates you've already installed, see Windows Update: FAQ, How do I see installed updates on my PC?
If you're looking for Windows 10 updates on a PC, rather than Surface, you can go right to Update Windows 10.