Decide about automatic updates
Choose whether your device updates itself, and know what that choice costs.
Automatic means the device fetches and installs updates by itself, in the small hours, while it is charging.
The trade is control for memory. Left to you, updates get put off. Left to the device, they happen.
Key points
- Automatic updates install themselves overnight while charging
- The choice is between your memory and the device’s
What to remember
- Automatic suits most people, and can be switched back.
- Automatic means overnight, charging, and out of your way.
Try this
Open the update page on your own phone and see whether automatic is on.
Practice: Decide about automatic updates. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.