diff --git a/conan/internal/api/detect_api.py b/conan/internal/api/detect_api.py
index e9df56f3cb2..cc0fa762559 100644
--- a/conan/internal/api/detect_api.py
+++ b/conan/internal/api/detect_api.py
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ def default_msvc_runtime(compiler):
     return None, None
 
 
+def detect_msvc_update(version):
+    from conans.client.conf.detect_vs import vs_detect_update
+    return vs_detect_update(version)
+
+
 def default_cppstd(compiler, compiler_version):
     """ returns the default cppstd for the compiler-version. This is not detected, just the default
     """
diff --git a/conans/client/conf/detect_vs.py b/conans/client/conf/detect_vs.py
index f8eb3eb9b6c..f0c48c7491c 100644
--- a/conans/client/conf/detect_vs.py
+++ b/conans/client/conf/detect_vs.py
@@ -8,58 +8,51 @@
 
 
 def vs_installation_path(version):
+    return _vs_installation_path(version)[0]
+
+
+def vs_detect_update(version):
+    version = {"193": "17", "192": "16", "191": "15"}.get(str(version))
+    full_version = _vs_installation_path(version)[1]
+    components = full_version.split(".")
+    if len(components) > 1:
+        return components[1]
+
+
+def _vs_installation_path(version):
     # TODO: Preference hardcoded, [conf] must be defined
     preference = ["Enterprise", "Professional", "Community", "BuildTools"]
 
     # Try with vswhere()
     try:
         legacy_products = vswhere(legacy=True)
-        all_products = vswhere(products=["*"])
-        products = legacy_products + all_products
+        products = vswhere(products=["*"])
+        products.extend(p for p in legacy_products if p not in products)
     except ConanException:
         products = None
 
-    vs_paths = []
-
-    if products:
-        # remove repeated products
-        seen_products = []
-        for product in products:
-            if product not in seen_products:
-                seen_products.append(product)
-
-        # Append products with "productId" by order of preference
+    if products:  # First matching
         for product_type in preference:
-            for product in seen_products:
-                product = dict(product)
-                if (product["installationVersion"].startswith(("%d." % int(version)))
-                        and "productId" in product):
-                    if product_type in product["productId"]:
-                        vs_paths.append(product["installationPath"])
+            for product in products:
+                if product["installationVersion"].startswith(f"{version}."):
+                    if product_type in product.get("productId", ""):
+                        return product["installationPath"], product["installationVersion"]
 
         # Append products without "productId" (Legacy installations)
-        for product in seen_products:
-            product = dict(product)
-            if (product["installationVersion"].startswith(("%d." % int(version)))
+        for product in products:
+            if (product["installationVersion"].startswith(f"{version}.")
                     and "productId" not in product):
-                vs_paths.append(product["installationPath"])
+                return product["installationPath"], product["installationVersion"]
 
     # If vswhere does not find anything or not available, try with vs_comntools
-    if not vs_paths:
-        env_var = "vs%s0comntools" % version
-        vs_path = os.getenv(env_var)
-
-        if vs_path:
-            sub_path_to_remove = os.path.join("", "Common7", "Tools", "")
-            # Remove '\\Common7\\Tools\\' to get same output as vswhere
-            if vs_path.endswith(sub_path_to_remove):
-                vs_path = vs_path[:-(len(sub_path_to_remove)+1)]
-
-        result_vs_installation_path = vs_path
-    else:
-        result_vs_installation_path = vs_paths[0]
-
-    return result_vs_installation_path
+    vs_path = os.getenv("vs%s0comntools" % version)
+    if vs_path:
+        sub_path_to_remove = os.path.join("", "Common7", "Tools", "")
+        # Remove '\\Common7\\Tools\\' to get same output as vswhere
+        if vs_path.endswith(sub_path_to_remove):
+            vs_path = vs_path[:-(len(sub_path_to_remove)+1)]
+
+    return vs_path, None
 
 
 def vswhere(all_=False, prerelease=True, products=None, requires=None, version="", latest=False,
diff --git a/conans/test/functional/test_profile_detect_api.py b/conans/test/functional/test_profile_detect_api.py
index 1601e97ac77..84748d01733 100644
--- a/conans/test/functional/test_profile_detect_api.py
+++ b/conans/test/functional/test_profile_detect_api.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 
+from conan.internal.api import detect_api
 from conans.test.utils.tools import TestClient
 
 
@@ -19,6 +20,7 @@ def test_profile_detect_compiler(self):
             compiler.runtime={{runtime}}
             compiler.libcxx={{detect_api.detect_libcxx(compiler, version, compiler_exe)}}
             compiler.cppstd={{detect_api.default_cppstd(compiler, version)}}
+            compiler.update={{detect_api.detect_msvc_update(version)}}
 
             [conf]
             tools.microsoft.msbuild:vs_version={{detect_api.default_msvc_ide_version(version)}}
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ def test_profile_detect_compiler(self):
 
         client.save({"profile1": tpl1})
         client.run("profile show -pr=profile1")
+        update = detect_api.detect_msvc_update("193")
         expected = textwrap.dedent(f"""\
             Host profile:
             [settings]
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ def test_profile_detect_compiler(self):
             compiler.cppstd=14
             compiler.runtime=dynamic
             compiler.runtime_type=Release
+            compiler.update={update}
             compiler.version=193
             [conf]
             tools.microsoft.msbuild:vs_version=17