The product life cycle is communicated to the potential owner before purchase.
The baby monitor manufacturer offers a limited, one-year parts and labor warranty on the operation of the physical device.
There is no statement describing a life cycle for updates to the app.
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Software updates are authenticated.
There is no process for authenticating updates described in available company documents.
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Automatic software updates.
The product’s terms of use state that all web apps will be periodically updated when bug fixes, patches, and feature improvements are finalized. It states that this will be done automatically.
The product’s terms of use state the company will also push out mobile app updates when bug fixes, patches, and feature improvements are finalized, and “highly recommends” that users enable automatic updating on their device.
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Notification of software update.
There is no information in any documentation available on the company website that describes a process for notifying users of software updates. However mobile app stores often have their own processes for notifying users that there may be updated versions of applications they have already installed.