Yesterday we were waiting like rain in May (or cold in December) for Apple to launch the iOS version 16.2 publicly to be able to update our iPhone as soon as possible and take advantage of the new features they have incorporated. One of the most important is the possibility of enable more frequent update for live activities and, therefore, more real and accurate about what is happening in the live event. But not everything is so simple: you have to activate this feature.
To activate this feature we will have to do, in addition, specifically for each application supporting live activities (if it has been updated for this. The devs are also doing their bit of work here to be able to enable this feature). And it’s not unreasonable, since this feature will spend more battery in our devices requiring a more constant update of the event and therefore sending and receiving notifications much more often.
This feature was already included in the betas of iOS 16.2, and in this public version the activation mode and we can continue to activate the to toggle to allow for a frequency of updating live activities, or, as Apple puts it: “More frequent updates”. We need to do it as follows.
How to Enable More Frequent Updates in Live Activities
First, we need to make sure that we installed iOS 16.2 on our device (without it it will not work). It should also be remembered that must be done individually for each application that support it, so there won’t be a single button that activates it for everyone due to performance and battery issues. Once we have that clear, we need to do the following:
- we will open the app adjustments on our iPhone.
- We will go down the menu to the application we want to manage and open it.
- Once inside we will access Live Activities.
- We activate the toggle “more frequent updates“.
If in any of the third-party apps you’re using, it doesn’t appear yet, this means that the app has not yet been updated to support this feature. It is now the job of the developers so that we can enjoy and get the most out of our iPhone with live activities.
