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Nintendo Switch's new console update should make all of our lives easier

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Published 10:38 24 Apr 2024 GMT+1

Nintendo Switch's new console update should make all of our lives easier

Time to update your Nintendo Switch

Dan Lipscombe

Dan Lipscombe

Nintendo has a new Switch console update for fans. As is usual, every once in a while, Nintendo will push out an update for the Switch console making our lives a bit easier.

Despite the console being in its seventh year, there’s always something that can be addressed or fixed, and this latest update dives under the hood for some fine-tuning.

Super Mario Wonder is still managing to keep Mario's adventures feeling fresh.

It’s not a particularly big update, nor does it add any new features or functionality. The main focus of the 18.0.1 console update is a stability fix for a Wi-Fi bug that stopped networks with certain security settings from being detected.

The patch notes state, “If you’re unable to update to Version 18.0.1 because of the issue, temporarily change the security settings for your wireless network to use only 'WPA2 (AES)' so you can connect wirelessly to download and install the system update.”

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Other than that, we got the usual “general system stability improvements to enhance the user’s experience.”

It’s a pretty generic update as things go and simply stabilises our experiences with the console. It was noted by dataminers that there were no updates to the ‘bad words’ list and no new features flew under the radar.

So maybe general updates are thin on the ground for the aging console and it has us thinking that the Switch is easing off into the sunset. It’s perhaps unlikely that the Switch will see many more new features from this point.

The long-rumoured ‘Switch 2’ could very well make an appearance in the coming year, changing up the handheld and hybrid console scene once again. Hopefully, Nintendo will shed some light on the Switch successor soon, but the console has had an amazing run with a brilliant collection of games.

Featured Image Credit: Nintendo

Topics: Nintendo Switch, Nintendo

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