In their continued hostility toward people who like to manually install app updates, iOS 26.4 moved “Updates” another level deep in the App Store app > Account page.
Which, whatever, that Account page was getting crowded…but, they could at least bother to automatically refresh the update list, not make you pull to refresh, if you have bothered to navigate all the way there.
@agiletortoise There is a special url. It will navigate directly to updates tab. Maybe they didn’t break it in 26.4?
itms-apps://apps.apple.com/updates
Or if you are interested I’m also working on an app that allows you to track releases and receive notifications when new are available. It can’t detect what you have installed but should work once you add apps manually. Available in TestFlight and I’m currently looking for feedback on it.
@apexnasi there is one more setting that might be off. System Settings > General > Background App Refresh.
Generally the rule is: check for updates at least x hours from now. But the system might delay that by hours depending on many factors outside the control of apps.
In the next update I’ll increase the check frequency. I had it checking more often in previous versions but increased before TestFlight release. That should help.
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