If you have no experience with Microsoft Surface products before, you probably have many things to catch up. The thin and lightweight design of Microsoft Surface Go together with an affordable price, make it’s the most compelling Surface device to most consumers.
When you’ve finished unboxing your Surface Go, you will go through the first device setup. The process will lead you to set your language, computer name, connecting to WiFi and setting up your Microsoft account. Now everything is ready, and it’s time for you to dig into it. Below you will see all our published tips, tricks, and tutorials over time since the product announced. Those guides are available from basic to advanced and complex instructions.
Table of contents
- Surface Go: Featured Tips and Tricks
- Surface Go: Basic Tips and Tricks
- Surface Go: Advanced Tips and Tricks
- Surface Go: Buyer’s Guide
- Surface Go: Common Questions
- Surface Go: Specs Comparisons
- Surface Go: Latest Tips and Tricks
1 Surface Go: Featured Tips and Tricks
Here are the most popular Surface Go tips & tricks that you probably interested in:
Microsoft Surface Go 1 Specs – Full Technical Specifications
Meet the new Microsoft Surface Go, the smallest and most affordable Surface yet comes with the 7th Gen Intel Pentium Gold and up to 9 hours of battery life.
Surface Go FAQ: Everything you need to know!
Looking to learn more about Microsoft Surface Go? We've got you covered, here's our comprehensive Microsoft Surface Go FAQ that should clear up all your queries.
Surface Go Buyer's Guide
In this tutorial, we will show you the 6 different ways to take a screenshot on Microsoft Surface Go by using the hardware buttons, Surface Type Cover, Surface Pen, and built-in Windows tools.
Ultimate Tips to Max Out Microsoft Surface Battery Life
This is the ultimate tips to max out your Microsoft Surface battery life as long as possible when you are in the class, meeting or working on the site.
How to improve your Surface Go battery life
Having a Surface PC? You can configure your Surface as a beautiful portable wireless display or secondary monitor with the mouse, keyboard, touch, and pen support.
How to use your Surface Go as a portable wireless display
In this article, we will show you our testing about Surface Go charging speed using a simple USB charger over USB-A to USB-C cable.
How fast can you charge your Surface Go with a basic phone charger
In this article, we will record and analyze the charging behavior of different types of USB-C with Power Delivery chargers. You will see how fast you can charge your Surface Go with USB-C PD power adapters.
2 Surface Go: Basic Tips and Tricks
Here are the basic Surface Go tips & tricks that you should know:
How to download and install the latest Surface Go 1-3 drivers and firmware updates
You can now download the latest Surface Go and Surface Go 2 driver and firmware updates from Microsoft Download Center. Here is how you can download and install it.
Surface Go Tip: How to download the official recovery image
In this article, we will guide you how to download a right recovery image to create a recovery drive for resetting your Microsoft Surface Go.
How to enable Hibernation on Surface Go
In this tutorial, we will show how to enable Hibernation support on your Surface Go. It will allow you to put your Surface Go into hibernation mode right from the power menu.
How to access Surface Go's battery report
Battery report allows you to learn more about your Surface's battery information and usage history. Read on for more information and how to generate and access the report.
Surface Go Tip: Managing Sound Settings with Realtek Audio Console App
Let's take a closer look at the preinstalled "Realtek Audio Console" app on Surface Go and find out what can we do with it.
3 Surface Go: Advanced Tips and Tricks
Here are the advanced Surface Go tips & tricks that you should know:
How to configure Surface Go UEFI/BIOS settings
This article will show you how to enter Surface UEFI/BIOS on Surface Go and manage device boot orders, devices, security, and more.
How to reset your Surface Go with USB recovery drive
In this article, we will walk you step-by-step through how to create a USB recovery drive, loading recovery image, and resetting your Surface using the USB recovery drive.
How to set a custom resolution on Surface Go
In this tutorial, we will guide you how to add and set a right custom resolution to resolve the display scaling issues on your Surface when you working with old applications, multiple displays, and gaming.
How to unlock all power plans on Surface Go
In this tutorial, you will learn about what is Connected Standby, Modern Standby and how to unlock all power plans and advanced settings on Microsoft Surface devices.
How to manage Battery Limit feature on Surface Go
In this article, we will walk you through how to enable and verify the battery limit feature on supported Surface devices.
Here’s how to disable secure boot on Microsoft Surface Go
In this article, you will find out how to disable Secure Boot on Microsoft Surface Go so you can install a different OS or do a clean Windows installation.
How To Boot Surface Go 1-3 From A USB Drive
In this article, we will show you how to boot your original Surface Go, Surface Go 2, and Surface Go 3 from a USB Drive in three different methods.
4 Surface Go: Buyer’s Guide
Here are our recommended gears for Surface Go:
14 must-have Surface Go accessories
What are the best accessories for the Microsoft Surface Go line? We've rounded up some of the best Surface Go 1/2/3 accessories that make your device even better and more productive
Keep your Surface Go's screen flawless with these 5 screens protectors
Surely you don't want your Surface Go's screen to be scattered or damaged, right? Let's check out our top picked film and tempered glass screen protectors that provides extra filters and protections to the Surface Go's screen.
Protect your Surface Go with one of these cases or sleeves
Do you want to protect your Surface Go from any accidents? Here we have a list of the best sleeves and cases for protecting your Surface Go 1/2/3 from drops, scratches, scrapes, and other damages.
5 Surface Go: Common Questions
Here are all Surface Go FAQs you might want to know:
- Can you upgrade RAM on Surface Go?
- Can you upgrade SSD on Surface Go?
- Does Surface Go have Ethernet port?
- Does Surface Go have HDMI port?
- Does Surface Go have headphone Jack?
- Does Surface Go have SD Card Slot?
- Does Surface Go have Thunderbolt 3 port?
- Does Surface Go have USB-A port?
- Does Surface Go have USB-C port?
- Does Surface Go Support Dolby Atmos?
- Does Surface Go support eGPU (External GPU)?
- Does Surface Go support Face ID?
- Does Surface Go support Wi-Fi 6?
- How long will the Surface Go 1 be supported?
- How to properly shut down a Surface Go?
- Is Surface Go fanless?
- Is Surface Go keyboard backlit?
- What is the weight of Surface Go with and without keyboard?
- What processors is in Microsoft Surface Go?
- What’s ports on Microsoft Surface Go?
- Which Surface Go Model Do I Have?
6 Surface Go: Specs Comparisons
Popular Comparisons for Surface Go
Here are the most frequently requested comparisons for Surface Go:
7 Surface Go: Latest Tips and Tricks
Here are all related Surface Go tips & tricks you should know:
How to manage asset tag on Microsoft Surface devices
Microsoft made an easy tool for system administrators to manage asset tags on Microsoft Surface devices, and here is how to do that.
How to Check Your Surface Warranty Status
Have trouble with your Surface devices and want to get support from Microsoft? Here is a quick and easy way to check your Surface's warranty status before you make a support request.
How to Claim Surface Exclusive Offers on Microsoft Surface
Getting Adobe Creative Cloud Photography, Adobe Premiere Rush, and Adobe Fresco for free with an exclusive offer for Microsoft Surface owners.
How to Enable Dolby Atmos Spatial Sound on Microsoft Surface Go
In this tutorial, we will walk you through how to install Dolby Access app and enable Dolby Atmos spatial sound on Microsoft Surface Go.
How to Connect or Pair Microsoft Surface Pen
In this tutorial, we will walk you through how to pair or connect Microsoft Surface Pen to your Surface or compatible PCs.
How To Boot Surface Go 1-3 From A USB Drive
In this article, we will show you how to boot your original Surface Go, Surface Go 2, and Surface Go 3 from a USB Drive in three different methods.
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Any Surface Go 2 rumors???
Can I use surface go as a second monitor with surface pro 7 as a main system via type-c cable?
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What are the recommendations to add an external microphone to the Surface Go.
With the expanded use of video conferencing applications it would be nice to add a high quality microphone to the Surface Go. According to the specifications the headphone port only supports headphones. One option would be a USB microphone. Would a BT headphone/microphone (Microsoft Headphone) work with the Surface Go to provide enhanced audio.
How do you type the @ sign on the Microsoft Surface Go keyboard? The @ symbol is in the lower right had corner of the Q key.
this article does not mention the Surface Go 3. Is this info on the 2 the same? must have some differences?
also How do I get the email address changed of the Microsoft. It is using my office email and I am retired and not using that one.