Apple Could Soon Let You Install Only Security Updates on iPhone

A hidden code included with today's iOS 14.5 beta four suggests that Apple could soon let you install just the security part of an update on your iPhone.

A new study published today claims that the latest iOS 14.5 beta has a hidden code which suggests that Apple is working on a new way to deliver security updates on iOS.

Currently, Apple doesn't allow you lot to install the security update separately. The company pushes out the security fixes with the whole update and if you don't install the whole update, the security fixes are also not installed. For older devices, running iOS 12 or older, the company doesn't provide security fixes at all.

Nevertheless, all of this could change soon. A new section added to the 'Software Update' department in the settings reveals a install security updates toggle on iPhones and iPad. With this, users would be able to install only the security part of the update. The report too highlights a bizarre implementation of the feature.

The new code found in iOS xiv.v besides mentions that once you download a specific update, such as a security update, you may demand to delete it earlier installing another available iOS update.

The report does say that at that place's no know-how of how Apple plans to implement the feature. One example of such an update might exist when iOS 15 is released, with the visitor giving an option to install merely the security fixes of the update. Last week, Apple released iOS 14.four.i security update which included a critical WebKit-related problems fix.

Our Take

The new update implementation could do good a lot of older Apple tree devices that don't receive the full iOS update. With the twenty-four hour period and age of many security risks being reported every day, the feature could end up saving a lot of older Apple devices from cyber attacks. Apple tree has a similar implementation on macOS, with the company delivering split up security updates along with the full macOS update and then that users tin can get security patches and problems fixes without having to install the latest macOS version available.

What are your thoughts on this feature? Would you like a separate choice to install security updates simply? Let us know in the comments department below!

[Via 9to5Mac]