Here is a quick tip for those who own a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 or Surface Book. I've seen quite a few questions – even from pro reviewers – that there is no way to control the display brightness on these devices via the keyboard. In fairness, Microsoft does make this a bit tricky as the new keyboards have dimming options under F1 and F2 but they are for keyboard backlight and not the display itself.

So how do you do it via the keyboard? As it turns out, this is the same method found on the Surface Pro 3; in fact you can watch our old video above as a refresher: Best VPN providers 2020: Learn about ExpressVPN, NordVPN & more Simply press [Fn + Del] to increase or the [Fn + Backspace] buttons to decrease the display brightness.