You Wouldn’t Wait 10 Years for Your Phone to Fix Itself – Would You?

In an increasingly connected world, where patches and updates are delivered to your smartphone on a daily basis, Juliette Thomas and Jérôme Boudineau, from IDEMIA Smart Identity, ask why we need to wait for an electronic ID card to be reissued before we can get an updated operating system. Well now, we don’t!

Automatic updatable operating systems began with Windows Update in 1996, allowing users to receive patches and fixes automatically. As smartphones emerged, iOS and Android operating systems adopted automatic update mechanisms, ensuring regular security patches and feature enhancements.

With Windows 10, Microsoft shifted to continuous updates, mirroring the more frequent update cycles of mobile platforms. Today, automatic updates and new versions are the cornerstones of computing, the Internet of Things, and personal communications, providing not only a better experience for the user but also bolstering security across devices.