This summer, Apple Stores in the U.S. will update iOS on iPhones in unopened boxes.

Last October, we told you that Apple was working on a system that would allow you to install software updates on multiple iPhones that are powered off and stored in retail boxes inside Apple Stores. This technology allows people who purchase a new iPhone at an Apple physical store to run the latest version of iOS right out of the box, without Apple Store employees having to spend time manually updating each unit. It will be.

This technology would have come in handy last year, as iOS 17.0.1 was released before the iPhone 15 line was available for purchase. To update iPhone units in unopened retail boxes, place a stack of these iPhone boxes on a proprietary pad developed by Apple, wirelessly power on each unit in the stack, and receive iOS updates. download and install updates, then shut down. under. The packaging is undamaged and the boxed iPhone unit runs the latest version of iOS on first boot after purchase. Apple calls this system “Presto.”

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Garman in the latest Power On newsletter, Presto employs MagSafe wireless charging and other wireless technologies to accomplish the task. Garman said the pad resembles a “metal cubby that you put your shoes in.” Presto was tested in some Apple Stores late last year, and Garman said Apple plans to roll out the technology to Apple Stores nationwide in April. The company plans to sell Presto at all Apple Stores in the U.S. this summer.

It remains to be seen whether Apple will keep this technology to itself or allow its carrier partners (Verizon, T-Mobile, AT&T, etc.) to use Presto to update their iPhone inventory. We also don’t know when Apple plans to allow his Apple Stores abroad to use the inbox update system.