Microsoft has quietly renamed the Surface Audio app on iOS and Android to Microsoft Surface, for seemingly no reason. Launched nearly three years ago, the Surface Audio app has been a loyal companion to those with Microsoft Surface Headphones and Surface Earbuds, allowing users to update their headphones and customize settings with an equalizer.
Aggiornamenti Lumia revealed that the era of Surface Audio is coming to an end as Microsoft is now rebranding and pushing users towards a dedicated Microsoft Surface app. Despite the name change, the Microsoft Surface app on iOS and Android appears to do exactly the same thing as the previous Surface Audio app, just with a different name, which makes us wonder why the app needs to be reinvented.
To inform users of this change, and the departure of Surface Audio as we know it, Microsoft gave us a handy UX notification telling us to use the Surface app to customize your audio experience on your Surface Headphones and Surface Earbuds. For the best experience, please uninstall the Surface Audio app (no longer supported by Microsoft),” the notification continued.
If you don’t have Surface Headphones and Surface Earbuds, and don’t know much about the Surface Audio app, here are the features of Microsoft’s Surface app:
- Update your earbuds and headphones
- View and change device information
- View battery information and volume levels
- Personalize
- Change the equalizer settings to get the sound you want
- Control which devices are connected
- Change language settings
- Reset your earbuds and headphones to factory settings
- Watch the tutorial video
- Send feedback