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Keep your Nintendo Switch updated with these steps

<p><img width&equals;"715" height&equals;"374" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;metimetech&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;Keep-your-Nintendo-Switch-updated-with-these-steps&period;jpg" class&equals;"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt&equals;"" loading&equals;"lazy" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is always recommended <strong>keep updated<&sol;strong> all our devices as it will help us to be more protected through the latest version of operating systems&period; Both the device itself and the programs and games that we use&period; That is why we explain step by step how to update the Nintendo Switch or how to update the games and programs that you use on the console&period;<span id&equals;"more-1092555"><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You will need to<strong> have an internet connection<&sol;strong> or use local communication with other game consoles to have the programs in the latest version&period; We explain it to you&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Connect to the Internet<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>The first thing we must take into account in order to update the Nintendo Switch is that our console <strong>is connected to the internet<&sol;strong> correctly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When you open the Home menu of the Nintendo Switch you will see the latest games you have played or some of the ones you have in your library&period; At the bottom&comma; a series of icons with options&colon; a chat bubble&comma; a bag&comma; an image &&num;8230&semi; Seven icons in total that will allow us to access the different configuration options&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Nintendo Switch Online &lpar;will only appear if you have it&rpar;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>News<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Nintendo eShop<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Album<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Controls<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Console configuration<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Standby mode<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Once here&comma; we will have to go to the option of &&num;8220&semi;Console configuration&&num;8221&semi; to be able to connect to the Internet correctly&period; Enter the settings and you will see a series of available options &&num;8230&semi; Scroll until you reach &&num;8220&semi;Internet&&num;8221&semi; or &&num;8220&semi;Network&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The steps would be&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Go to the home page of your Nintendo Switch<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Go to the Settings section in the circular icons<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Open this section and you will see a menu on the left side<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li><strong>Scroll down to the internet<&sol;strong> &sol; Net<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p>Once here&comma; at the top we can configure the Internet options of the console&period; Tapping will open all available WiFi networks that you can connect to&period; What we have to do is look for ours&period; Once you have found your wireless network&comma; you must fill in the password to connect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Choose the WiFi network&comma; connect and check that the connection works correctly&period; Once you have it&comma; you can go back to the main screen to check the console update or see if there are any pending&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Update the Nintendo Switch<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>When we have already verified that we are correctly connected to the Internet and we return to the main screen&comma; you will see the five or six icons on the <strong>bottom of screen<&sol;strong> that will take us to the different sections&period; The one that interests us is the fifth&comma; a kind of gear or sun that will open the <strong>Setting<&sol;strong>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img loading&equals;"lazy" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1092627" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;metimetech&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;1627231933&lowbar;15&lowbar;Keep-your-Nintendo-Switch-updated-with-these-steps&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Console configuration" width&equals;"1100" height&equals;"652" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Open the &&num;8220&semi;Settings&&num;8221&semi; and you will see many options &&num;8230&semi; Themes&comma; notifications&comma; standby mode&period; Go down&comma; using the Nintendo Switch controller until you reach one of the sections or sections at the end&colon; <strong>CONSOLE<&sol;strong>&period; Tap the button to open this section&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first thing we will find here is <strong>&&num;8220&semi;Console update&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> At the bottom&comma; in small letters&comma; you can see if there is an update ready or what the version is &lpar;as we will see in the next sections once you have updated&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img loading&equals;"lazy" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1092618" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;metimetech&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;1627231933&lowbar;427&lowbar;Keep-your-Nintendo-Switch-updated-with-these-steps&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Setting" width&equals;"1100" height&equals;"655" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You will see &&num;8220&semi;Console update&period;&&num;8221&semi; Touch here to continue with the process&period; A new screen will open indicating&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>An update is available for the console&comma; select &&num;8220&semi;Update&&num;8221&semi; to start the process&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img loading&equals;"lazy" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1092615" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;metimetech&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;1627231933&lowbar;502&lowbar;Keep-your-Nintendo-Switch-updated-with-these-steps&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Update Nintendo Switch" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"600" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tap on &&num;8220&semi;Update&&num;8221&semi; in the big button in the center of the screen and a window will open showing us that the console is &&num;8220&semi;Updating&&num;8221&semi; and a load button&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img loading&equals;"lazy" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1092606" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;metimetech&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;1627231933&lowbar;598&lowbar;Keep-your-Nintendo-Switch-updated-with-these-steps&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Updating" width&equals;"1100" height&equals;"602" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After a few minutes or seconds&comma; the process will be complete&period; We simply have to follow the same steps to check that it already appears as updated&colon; We open the Settings icon&comma; go to Console and here to <strong>&&num;8220&semi;Console update&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong><div class&equals;"amp-ad-wrapper amp-ad-wrapper-rspv amp&lowbar;ad&lowbar;1 ampforwp-incontent-ampforwp-incontent-ad ampforwp-incontent-ad1"> &NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad class&equals;"ampforwp-incontent-ad ampforwp-incontent-ad1"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;type&equals;"adsense"data-loading-strategy&equals;"prefer-viewability-over-views"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;width&equals;"100vw"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;height&equals;320&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-9312433705909770"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;data-ad-slot&equals;"5607324014"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;data-auto-format&equals;"rspv"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;data-full-width><div overflow><&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad><&sol;div> When clicking&comma; a screen will appear that indicates&colon; The console is already updated&period; And the version you have at the time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img loading&equals;"lazy" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1092639" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;metimetech&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;1627231933&lowbar;918&lowbar;Keep-your-Nintendo-Switch-updated-with-these-steps&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Updated console" width&equals;"1100" height&equals;"658" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2>Update programs<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>If instead of updating the console you want to update programs or games&comma; we have to make sure that we are also connected to the Internet&period; Generally&comma;<strong> when starting any game<&sol;strong> It will tell us if there is a pending update or not and we simply have to confirm to download it before starting to play&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We can configure the automatic update of programs from the &&num;8220&semi;Console&&num;8221&semi; section by following the previous steps&period; Thus&comma; if there is an update available&comma; it will ask you to download it when you open the game or application&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Go to the Settings button at the bottom of Home<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Open the settings and search for Console<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>In &&num;8220&semi;Console&&num;8221&semi;&comma; scroll<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Scroll down until you find &&num;8220&semi;Automatic program update&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Check the option &&num;8220&semi;Yes&&num;8221&semi; and <strong>confirm<&sol;strong><&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><img loading&equals;"lazy" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1092585" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;metimetech&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;1627231934&lowbar;827&lowbar;Keep-your-Nintendo-Switch-updated-with-these-steps&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Automatic update" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"550" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When there is an update on a game that you are about to launch&comma; it will tell you that an update is available or pending and if you want to download it before starting&period; Of course&comma; you will always have this option if you are connected to the internet and not if you play offline from a plane or any other <strong>place where you don&&num;8217&semi;t have WiFi&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Update manually<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>You can also update them manually from the main screen&period; This will be useful if you don&&num;8217&semi;t want an update to &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;skip” just when you&&num;8217&semi;re in a rush to play and you want to always keep it updated so that the time to enjoy it isn&&num;8217&semi;t delayed&period; It will only take a few seconds to do so&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From the main screen&comma; go to the game or program you want and do not touch to open it but&comma; with the cursor over it&comma; press the &&num;8220&semi;&plus;&&num;8221&semi; on the Nintendo Switch controller&period; This will open a series of options&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Program information<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Update<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Data management<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Saving data in the cloud<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>My Nintendo Rewards Program<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;<p><img loading&equals;"lazy" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1092564" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;metimetech&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;1627231934&lowbar;436&lowbar;Keep-your-Nintendo-Switch-updated-with-these-steps&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Information" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"625" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The one that interests us is the second&colon; Update&period; Here we will see two different options that we can choose from&colon; <strong>Via Internet &sol; Match Versions<&sol;strong> by local communication&period; The first one is the simplest and all you have to do is press the console to connect to the Internet and <strong>automatically download the latest version&period;<&sol;strong> The second option allows us to connect to other consoles through local communication and thus we will match the version if they have it updated&period; This is useful if we do not have the option of having Internet at that moment and we want a new version&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img loading&equals;"lazy" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1092576" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;metimetech&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;1627231934&lowbar;3&lowbar;Keep-your-Nintendo-Switch-updated-with-these-steps&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Update" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"640" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you choose <strong>&&num;8220&semi;Via Internet&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> You will only have to wait a few seconds or a few minutes for the console to download the latest version and you will be able to start playing&period; If you want to use local communication&comma; just choose this option and the instructions will appear on the screen where we can follow the steps&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img loading&equals;"lazy" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1092579" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;metimetech&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;1627231934&lowbar;528&lowbar;Keep-your-Nintendo-Switch-updated-with-these-steps&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Version" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><strong>Tap on &&num;8220&semi;Continue&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;strong> and connect the consoles&period; Make sure they all have the same program icon marked at that moment and follow the steps&period; All users must be on the screen to create or join the group&period; Once ready&comma; tap on &&num;8220&semi;start communication&&num;8221&semi; and all games will be updated to the latest version&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img loading&equals;"lazy" class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1092573" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;metimetech&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;07&sol;1627231934&lowbar;758&lowbar;Keep-your-Nintendo-Switch-updated-with-these-steps&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Local communication" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"649" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The post Keep your Nintendo Switch up to date with these steps appeared first on ADSLZone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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