If you let your iPhone automatically install the update, you might have noticed that it was coming later. Here’s why.
iOS updates serve a dual purpose: bringing new features, like Face ID with a mask very recently, but also to fix security vulnerabilities or software bugs. For the installation, users are divided between those who will check every day in the appropriate menu to install the new OS and those who wait patiently for their turn to come and for the iPhone to install itself.
If you are one of these users, you might have noticed that your iPhone does not get the new update at the same time as the others. Indeed, where those who install the new iOS can do so as soon as it is deployed, others sometimes have to wait one or even two more weeks to benefit from the new features.
A situation that has remained, until today, without any real explanation. Mateusz Buda emailed Craig Federighi, Apple’s chief software officer, directly to ask what the reason was. He indicates that he has activated automatic updates for the installation of iOS 15.4 but has still not, several days later, received an update notification.
“What conditions must be met for this function to work?”Buda then asked Federighi in a letter.
A logical explanation
“Hi Mateusz, we are gradually rolling out new iOS updates by first making them available to those who explicitly search for them in settings and then 1-4 weeks later (following receiving feedback on the update ), we move on to deploying devices that have auto-update enabled. I hope this will help you ! –Craig”
An answer that may seem logical as the number of iPhones and iPads deployed is enormous. In addition, by rolling out the update gradually, Apple is making sure to anticipate potential problems with its OS, as we recently saw with the Apple Watch, whose new watchOS was synonymous with removal of fast charging.
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