Apple has apparently let slip that iOS devices will soon be able to automatically download app updates over the air. The company included a sentence discussing the feature on iTunes' app updates page—one that was verified by MacRumors on Friday evening, but has since been removed—which explained that users won't have to sync their apps with a computer if they have Automatic Download enabled.
"Or if your device has Automatic Download enabled for apps, your updates will download to your device without having to sync," read the My App Updates screen within iTunes.
This feature does not yet exist in the current version of iOS for iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches, leading many to believe that it will be included as part of iOS 5 that Apple will preview at the WWDC keynote on Monday. And when combined with the latest rumors about Time Capsules and Airport Extremes caching software updates for iOS and Mac OS X, it certainly sounds as if Apple's next major push will be over-the-air software updates.
Apple has made no other indication that OTA app updates (or any other kind of OTA syncing) will ship as part of iOS 5, but being just days before the WWDC keynote, it seems obvious that we'll hear more about this feature soon. Our question is: will it work over 3G, and if so, will it count against our data caps? (We're guessing yes on the latter.)
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