Yesterday Apple released iOS 5 beta 6 and we showed you a small walkthrough for what’s new in iOS 5 beta 6 (changelog) but here’s a new feature (or bug?) which is not included in the changelog. It seems that there’s a potential interesting little change in the iOS 5 App Store app.



iOS 5 beta 6 lets you update apps without leaving the App Store app. Yeah, this feature people has been waiting for a lot. In other words, you can now update individual apps from the App Store without being booted out to the Home page to watch an animated progress bar.

How it works? There’s two methods to do that.

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After navigating to app that needs to be updated within the App Store Updates page, simply clicking the Update button will now result in the app being updated behind the scenes. Once finished, the button will convert into an Installed label.

This process also works from the Purchased list, which lists all apps you have ever bought from the App Store. Apps that are not installed are listed with an iCloud icon that enables you to “install from the cloud,” and previously installed apps are listed as such.

Apple is trying to help you to stop jailbreaking as there’s already a jailbreak tweak available in Cydia called StayOpened which keeps your App Store opened while downloading or updating your app. Also the new notifications system in iOS 5 will let you do without MobileNotifier.

Will Apple allow you dispense jailbreaking?
Stay Tuned for more updates...