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 If you ask Apple users about what they like about their Apple products, many of them will "right away" say that it's software updates, specifically how quickly they are rolled out. Fortunately, once Apple releases them, you don't have to wait for days or even hours for them, but if you want, you can download them de facto a moment after someone presses the imaginary "Publish" button in Apple. It may be even more chilling that the Californian giant is just one step away from complete perfection. 

While users absolutely do not complain about updates to iPhones, iPads, Apple Watch, Macs or even Apple TV, the situation is different in the case of AirTags, AirPods or perhaps HomePods. This is because Apple is still surprisingly struggling here, and any improvement in the update process is therefore not yet in sight. At the same time, the paradox is that really little would be enough, and it is therefore almost unbelievable that Apple somehow avoids this little. Specifically, we have in mind the location of the update center in the iPhone settings, which would always be activated, for example, when AirPods or AirTags are connected, and which would allow manual installation of the update as we are used to, for example, on the Apple Watch. Yes, updates for AirTags and AirPods are usually not vital, but many Apple users want to install them as soon as possible after their release, and that is why they are limited by the fact that they have to wait for updates, or they have to "force" them through various oldies advice like connect the device, disconnect, connect again and do this and that. In addition, it is quite strange in this regard that the update "passes" through the iPhone anyway, so it should not really matter whether Apple lets it install itself or supplies the iPhone with a button that starts the update "on command". 

The aforementioned HomePod is a case in itself. Apple tried to create a dedicated update center for it, but it failed to achieve perfection in terms of functionality, which from time to time greatly complicates the update process. There is a button to start software updates, but when you press it, you can't see the progress of the update or anything like that, just that it's in progress. There would be nothing wrong with that, if the update installation did not freeze from time to time, which the update center is not able to recognize and therefore still reports that the update is in progress. There is definitely a lot of potential for improvement here as well, but it could be much smaller than with AirPods or AirTags. So hopefully we will see an upgrade of these things in the future, as this is not an unachievable madness and the user comfort in Apple systems can significantly move these upgrades upwards. 

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