--- title: "Update your device" description: "How to install the latest Volumio version on your device, by hand or automatically, and what to do if an update doesn't finish." url: https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/193-update-your-device collection: "Getting started" updated: 2026-11-13 language: en --- # Update your device How to install the latest Volumio version on your device, by hand or automatically, and what to do if an update doesn't finish. Updates bring new features and fixes, so keep your device on the latest version. Your device checks for new versions by itself: when one is out, `Update available` shows in the menu and next to `System` in `Settings`. ## Update now 1. In the app, open your device and go to `Settings` → `System`. 2. Under `System updates`, press `Check updates`. 3. If a new version is out, the `System update` window shows what's new. Press `Update now`. 4. Wait until the update finishes. The device restarts by itself, and the page reconnects when it's back. > **Warning:** Don't turn off or unplug the device while it updates: it may not start anymore. ## Update automatically 1. Go to `Settings` → `System`. 2. Under `System updates`, turn on `Automatic updates`. 3. In `Automatic update window start time` and `Automatic update window end time`, choose when the device may update, for example at night. 4. Press `Save`. > **Tip:** The device uses its own clock to know when to update: check that `Select timezone` in `Settings` → `System` → `Language` is your timezone. ## Update from Volumio 3 to Volumio 4 Every Volumio device can update to Volumio 4. It's built on a new base system, so this update works differently from the usual ones and takes longer: on slow connections, it can take up to 30 minutes. > **Warning:** Updating to Volumio 4 resets your settings to the default ones, including playlists, favorites and web radios. Your Wi-Fi networks are kept, so the device reconnects by itself. If you're signed in to MyVolumio on a Volumio device, or with Volumio Premium, your playlists, favorites and web radios are kept in your account and come back after the update. 1. Unplug any USB drive and other devices connected to your device. 2. Go to `Settings` → `System` → `System updates` and press `Check updates`, then `Update now`. 3. If your device runs a version older than `3.912`, it first updates to `3.912`. When it's back, press `Check updates` again to install Volumio 4. 4. Wait until the device shows up in the app again: it restarts twice along the way. Don't turn it off, even if the update seems stuck. 5. Set up your settings again, including your [network drives](https://help.volumio.com/articles/187-nas). > **Tip:** Multiroom works only between devices on the same version: update all your devices to Volumio 4 to play on them together. ## Update the Volumio app The app updates separately from your device, from the App Store or Google Play. If the app asks you to update it, do it before you continue: some features only work with the latest app. ## Troubleshooting ### The update doesn't finish Larger updates can take several minutes, and the progress can stay still for a while. 1. Wait at least 15 minutes, without turning off the device. 2. If nothing changes, open the device in the app again: the update may already be over. 3. If the progress is still stuck, restart the device and try again from `Check updates`. > **Tip:** If the update fails more than once, connect the device to the router with an Ethernet cable and try again. ### The device doesn't come back after the update The device restarts once or more during an update, and can take a few minutes to come back. 1. Wait a few minutes, then open the device in the app again. 2. If the app can't find it, see [Connection issues](https://help.volumio.com/articles/197-connection-issues). 3. If the device doesn't start at all, see [Startup issues](https://help.volumio.com/articles/201-startup-issues). ### The update shows up again after updating 1. Restart the device. 2. Go to `Settings` and check the version next to your device's name: if it's the latest one, the update is done. 3. If the version is still the old one, update again from `Check updates`. ## Related - [Nova and Volumio 4](https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/172-nova-and-volumio-4.md) - [Volumio app](https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/173-volumio-app.md) - [Volumio in a browser](https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/174-volumio-in-a-browser.md) - [Inputs and outputs](https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/175-inputs-and-outputs.md) - [Power and standby](https://help.volumio.com/en/articles/176-power-and-standby.md)