How to update a sony xperia

Would you like to update your Sony Xperia, but don't know how to do it? Not sure if your Xperia has the latest version of the Android operating system ? Regardless of whether you own a Sony Xperia Z5, a Sony Xperia Z3 or a Sony Xperia ZL (to mention a few examples of mobile phones of various ranges), the truth is that the procedure to update a Sony Xperia is relatively similar in all models of the brand. Therefore, especially for less experienced users, this time we have set out to explain how to update a Sony Xperia.

First of all, we must know that there are several ways to know if our Xperia is pending to install an update from Sony. The first of them resides in looking at the top of the mobile screen, where at any time an icon of a rectangle can be shown (

) that notifies us of the availability of a new update. This notice can refer to both application updates and updates to the operating system itself, something that we can discover simply by opening the notification center and checking the reason for the update.

Suppose that what we want is to install an operating system update on an Xperia. To do this, regardless of whether it is an update with a new version of Android or an update that is limited to correcting errors, the procedure to follow in any Xperia is as follows:

1. First, we make sure that we have active WiFi connectivity on our mobile.
2. We enter the Settings application.
3. Click on the " About the phone " section.
4. Then, click on the option " Software update ".
5. Now, as soon as the following screen finishes loading, the mobile should inform us if we have pending

   

   any update to install; if so, we simply have to click on the option " Download " (or " Install ") that is shown in the description of the update. In the event that we do not see any available update, we also have the possibility of confirming that there is really no new version by clicking on the icon with the three dots that appears in the upper right part of the screen and selecting the option "Update".

In fact, the Sony Xperia also offer us the possibility of knowing the updates that we have installed on our mobile. To do this, the procedure is as follows:

1. We enter the Settings application.
2. We access the " About the phone " section.
3. Click on the option " Software update ".
4. Click on the icon with the three dots that appears in the upper right part of the screen and then select the option " Update history ".
5. In this section we will see the history of all the updates that we have installed on our device.

   

   We can check the type of update, the version code or the exact date on which we installed said update.

In the event that what we want is to update a specific application (Sony usually updates its applications frequently, and the most recent example is found in the update of the Camera application that the Xperia Z5 has received), the procedure to Following is to perform these steps:

1. We enter the What's New application of our Xperia.
2. We click on the icon of the three parallel lines that we will see in the upper left part of the screen and,

   

   then, click on the option " Updates ".
3. In this section we will be shown all the available updates for the official Sony applications that we have installed on the mobile. To download them, click on any of the updates, select the option " Update ", accept the permissions and wait for the installation to finish.

But what about the ability to update a Sony Xperia from a PC ? If what we want is to update our mobile from the computer, what we need is PC Companion, Sony's official program for updates to your mobile phones. This program can be downloaded to the computer for free by following this link, and the procedure to configure it for the first time can be found on this page, while the steps to follow to update an Xperia from said program are the following:

1. Having our Xperia on, we proceed to connect it to the computer through the cable.
2. Then, in the event that the program does not start automatically after a few seconds, we proceed to start PC Companion.
3. Among the first sections of the program we should see one called " Support Zone " (" Support Zone "), and under that paragraph, which should display is an option with the name " Start " (" Start "); click on this option.
4. Then we click on the option " Phone Software Update " (" Software Update phone ") and follow the instructions we will show the program.