It’s that time of year again. The leaves are changing, the weather is getting colder, and it’s time to turn your clock back an hour. That’s right! On Sunday, November 3, Daylight Saving Time officially ends and you’ll need to set your clock back one hour.

However, it is important to know if your phone will automatically switch to Daylight Saving Time or if you need to do it manually. This is a question that applies no matter what phone you own. That you rock a iPhone16, Google Pixel 9, Samsung Galaxy S24or any other smartphone, it is essential to know whether or not you should change it for the new time.

Before the advent of smart devices, we manually changed clocks to adjust them to Daylight Saving Time or Standard Time. However, some clocks, such as wall clocks, oven clocks and car clocks, are still not connected to the Internet and require manual adjustment.

If your smartphone’s software is up to date, its clock should adjust automatically. But if you had already customized the date or time settings, you may need to update your clock manually to make sure it’s ready.

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How to Update Your iPhone When Daylight Saving Time Starts

First, let’s see how to update the time on iPhone. If you have an iPhone, like the iPhone 16 Progo to Settings appselect GeneralSO Date and time, and activate Set automatically.

Once done, your iPhone’s time will be automatically updated – no additional work required on your part! When Daylight Saving Time passes, your iPhone won’t miss a beat.

How to Update Your Android Phone When Daylight Saving Time Starts

The process for Android is essentially the same, although it follows a slightly different process. On an Android phone like GooglePixel 9 Progo to Settings > System > Date & time, and activate Set automatically.

On a Samsung phone, like the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultrayou will have to follow a slightly different path. Go to Settings > General Management > Date and timeand make sure Automatic date and time is on.

Once these settings are configured, your Android phone is primed and ready to automatically change the time once Daylight Saving Time passes for another year.

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While the steps above should be enough to worry about, there are other things you can do to be additional make sure your phone switches to Daylight Saving Time at the appropriate time.

If you haven’t updated your phone in a while, make sure it’s running the latest software available. Open the Settings app on an iPhone, tap Generaland then Software update. If you have an Android phone, go to Settings app, scroll down and tap Software update Or System update (wording will be slightly different depending on which Android phone you have).

Outdated software shouldn’t impact your phone’s automatic change to standard time, but installing an update if it’s available doesn’t hurt. If you have alarms set on your phone, they will also automatically update to the new time without any additional work on your part.