Nintendo Switch drops surprise system update, but fans aren't happy

The Nintendo Switch has received another update, but unfortunately it’s lacking the one feature we’ve been begging for since the console first launched.

Rumours say that Nintendo Switch 2 console is very close to an official reveal, potentially sometime this month.

The Nintendo Switch still has some life left in it though, as you can see from Mario & Luigi: Brothership, which looks joyous

While we wait for the Switch successor a new update for the system hasn’t gone down well with users.

Nintendo Switch updates are usually a time of excitement, mainly because every time one appears fans get their hopes up thinking this is finally the one that’ll ad home-screen customisation.

Unfortunately that’s never the case, and it certainly isn’t now either as the new update does, nothing?

It’s just some general stability fixes apparently, which means it can swiftly be added to the pile of disappointing system updates.

Sometimes the updates are decent, like the one that added Bluetooth compatibility, but updates worth a damn are far too infrequent for Nintendo’s main console.

The continued lack of home-screen customisation has many thinking it’s a feature Nintendo is saving for the Nintendo Switch 2, and the rumoured backwards compatibility suggests the icons you get from Nintendo Switch Online will also carry over to the next console, along with games.

Another idea is that Nintendo is priming the Nintendo Switch for that backwards compatibility feature, by updating it to work with the new hardware.

This could imply that a reveal is indeed on the way and it'll show off that backwards compatibility in action, but obviously take this with a grain of salt as it might not be the case.

Either way the latest Nintendo Switch firmware update is live and worth downloading for any fixes it might bring, but it seems more and more clear that the current Nintendo console is nearing the end of its life.