eli5: how does a PS4 know when to update?

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when a company releases a new version of software, like a game or a ps4 or a phone, how does it know that it has to update? how does the company tell the PS4 that it has to update now, and how does it tell every PS4 this?

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Every device that updates automatically just calls home in intervals, typically ones a day. That is a very easy task. It could call a API URL to get the actual version or calls an API URL and tells his version and got back the answer to update or not.

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