A MacRumors reader reports that iTunes has leaked a new “Automatic Download” function expected to debut in iOS 5. Currently, apps can be updated either in iTunes on a Mac/PC or directly on the iDevice itself, but app updates have always required user intervention thus far. By the sounds of this leaked info, app updates will now be downloaded automatically in the background if the user so chooses.
“If your device has Automatic Download enabled for apps, your updates will download to your device without having to sync,” the leaked info states. This setting doesn’t currently exist in iOS, which suggests it’s a forthcoming feature of the iOS 5 update, possibly tied in with Apple’s iCloud offering. If MacRumors’ source is accurate, and it most likely is given other rumors, we can expect to see this feature debuted at WWDC next week.
Rumor: ‘Automatic Download’ of app updates in iOS 5 originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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