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modificationDate: March 02, 2026
title: Send over-the-air updates
description: Learn how to send over-the-air updates to push critical bug fixes and improvements to your users.
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# Send over-the-air updates

Learn how to send over-the-air updates to push critical bug fixes and improvements to your users.

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). Use this file to discover all available pages.

You can send over-the-air updates containing critical bug fixes and improvements to your users.

## Get started

> If you've published [previews](/review/share-previews-with-your-team) or created a [build](/deploy/build-project) before, you may have already set up updates and can skip this section.

To set up updates, run the following [EAS CLI](/develop/tools#eas-cli) command:

```sh
eas update:configure
```

After the command completes, you'll need to make new builds before continuing to the next section.

## Send an update

To send an update, run the following [EAS CLI](/develop/tools#eas-cli) command:

```sh
eas update --channel production
```

This command will create an update and make it available to builds of your app that are configured to receive updates on the `production` channel. This channel is defined in [**eas.json**](/eas/json#channel).

You can verify the update works by force closing the app and reopening it two times. The update should be applied on the second launch.

## Send updates automatically

You can automatically send updates with [EAS Workflows](/eas/workflows/introduction). First, you'll need to [configure your project](/eas/workflows/get-started), add a file named **.eas/workflows/send-updates.yml** at the root of your project, then add the following workflow configuration:

```yaml
name: Send updates

on:
  push:
    branches: ['main']

jobs:
  send_updates:
    name: Send updates
    type: update
    params:
      channel: production
```

The workflow above will send an over-the-air update for the `production` update channel on every commit to your project's `main` branch. You can also run this workflow manually with the following EAS CLI command:

```sh
eas workflow:run send-updates.yml
```

Learn more about common patterns with the [workflows examples guide](/eas/workflows/examples/introduction).

## Learn more

You can learn how to [rollout an update](/eas-update/rollouts), [optimize assets](/eas-update/optimize-assets), and more with our [update guides](/eas-update/introduction).