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Your iPhone will then shut down, start up, and begin to install the software update.

Now wait while your iPhone Verifies Update.

Once the download has finished you will receive a notification that the update will install.

Your device will then move onto Preparing Update, which also can take a while.

In our experience this is very far from the mark: the reality can be double or even triple what this estimates! You can at least carry on with other things while the download happens. You’ll see an indication of how much time it is likely to take.

Your device will download the update in the background.

Enter your pin and agree to the terms and conditions.

If an update is available you will see it.

iOS will check if there’s a new version if there isn’t, you’ll see the message with the software version and “iOS is up to date.” Sometimes there’s a bit of a wait until the software becomes available, especially on a launch day.

Before you begin, we strongly recommend that you back up your iPhone.

Whether it’s a full operating system update, or a smaller ‘point update’, updating iOS is easy. We’ll explain some of the steps you can take to ensure that the update goes smoothly below. We also recommend that you do a bit of general ‘tidying up’ of your iPhone before you install the update.

If you are wondering how iOS 16 and iOS 17 compare read iOS 16 vs iOS 17: Why the next iPhone update is bigger than it seems. Another reason to hold off updating straight away is that it can be wise to wait a week or so until Apple issues iOS 17.1, which is usually a fix for any bugs that arrive with the first iteration. This means the process can take a lot longer and be more frustrating than it would otherwise be. First, on the day a major iOS update arrives, Apple’s servers can become overloaded. There are a few reasons why you might want to wait a little longer. Once iOS 17 is available you may want to quickly install it.

If you do decide to take the plunge, you may want to leave the beta program when the final version arrives so that there is no risk that you will download buggy betas as Apple continues testing new features. it could be less risky to install the beta now.

Now that we are a long way into the testing process. We explain how you can do that in How to install the iOS beta on your iPhone. If you can’t wait until then you could join the Public Beta program and install iOS 17 now.

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