How to Update Windows Phone?

Windows Phone may already be wonderful, but Microsoft is constantly updating the OS to make it as user-friendly and feature-packed as possible. That’s where the system updates come in. These are basically little tweaks to the way your phone runs, often adding in fresh new tools and other benefits. Previously you would have to hook your phone to a PC to perform these updates when they were ready, but now you can receive them wirelessly for minimal hassle. Here’s how to quickly and easily update your phone.

Find the ‘Phone Update’ feature 

Phone Update is buried away in the settings menu: just look for the ‘Phone Update’ option and tap it.

Manual or automatic updates 

› In the Phone Update screen you’ll see a button that can be used to manually check for updates, along with a counter that tells you how long it’s been since the phone last looked for a system update 

› You’ll also see two options: ‘Tell me when updates are available for my phone’ and  ‘Automatically download updates if my data settings allow it’ 

› If you have the first option checked, your phone will periodically scan for new updates and bring up a message if anything is found. To disable this, simply uncheck the box. You will then have to manually search for updates by hitting the ‘check for updates’ button.

Downloading an update 

› If an update is found, it may download immediately if you have left the ‘automatically download updates if my data settings allow it’ box checked, depending on your network connection. Otherwise, you will be prompted to allow the update 

› Before performing an update, be wary that they can often be quite large files. To avoid hitting your data quota, we strongly recommend performing updates only when you’re connected to a Wi-Fi network 

› The download should take a few minutes. Your phone will reset and install the update when it has finished downloading. You’ll see two white gears turning while the update is being installed, then an ‘update done!’ message when it’s complete