[mktmkr]

Apparently iOS 12.4 came out last week but I have automatic updates on and the update is not installed. I just triggered it manually a moment ago.

[yots]

Can anyone explain iOS “automatic” updates? They never seem to work for me.

[george_perez]

It’s very specific parameters. Automatic Updates are done after they’re downloaded, and automatic downloads are rolled out around a week and a half later or around that time. https://imgur.com/a/u6Mxz4A

[captn3m0]

Same, never worked for me. At least I should be given a notification so I can install it myself.

[spike021]

You have to have the phone charging overnight, usually. But sometimes I wake up in the morning to a message that it had an issue and couldn't update.

[runeks]

I always wake up to this message, and have to do it manually. I don’t know why.

[gruez]

Same here. For the last few iOS updates I was notified through hacker news rather than through the "automatic update" feature.

[theobeers]

Same here. This was an unpleasant surprise. Even after I checked and saw that I didn’t have 12.4 installed yet, there was no red badge on the Settings app icon to indicate an available update.

[wuxh]

Consider subscribing to Apple's security-announce mailing list [0].

[0] https://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/security-announce/