When Nintendo normally releases an update to the Nintendo Switch‘s firmware, it results in a version number change and, at the very least, a handful of changes that had been made. For these updates to finish, the console is required to reboot itself.
Every once in a while, however, the company will release an update for the firmware that does not require a reboot. These “rebootless” updates are usually very small in nature, and patch notes are typically not released for them, but they are very much a thing. For example, Nintendo released one tonight. You can see a tweet relaying the news, along with what the update changed, down below.
Uhhh FW 15.0.1 was released several weeks ago lol.
Yah but that rebooted my nintendo switch
The rebootless updates don’t get their own version number, evidently.
“update FOR 15.0.1”
not “update 15.0.1”
Mine glitched right out and required me to manually reboot it. Joycons stopped working, then the touchscreen became unresponsive until I held the power button to get the shutdown options menu. My Switch OLED is only a couple of weeks old at the most. Now I know why
How many of the banned words did you exclaim during this process?