Automatic Firmware Updates

An information handling system, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory medium coupled to the processor;
• and
• an embedded controller coupled to the processor;
• wherein the memory medium includes instructions, executable by the processor, that include an information handling system firmware (IHSFW), a management information exchange, and an application;
• wherein the embedded controller:
• determines that an external device is coupled to an input/output (I/O) port of the information handling system;
• and
• provides a first message to the IHSFW that indicates information associated with the external device;
• and
• wherein as the processor executes the instructions:
• the IHSFW provides a second message to the management information exchange;
• the management information exchange starts the application in response to the second message;
• and
• the application:
• determines that firmware of the external device can be updated;
• receives user input that indicates updating the firmware of the external device;
• retrieves new firmware associated with the external device;
• and
• provides the new firmware to the external device.