Auto-update for apps downloaded does not work on iPhones with iOS 26-26.5.2

Why does auto update apps no longer work on new iphone 16 iOS 26.5.2?

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or my iPhone 14 I had before this one after getting on iOS 26 when it originally came out. But it seems this issue hasn’t been patched in many updates before as I see the issue goes all the way back to iOS 16 based off searches…

this is extremely time consuming, to go manually do all of them a few times a week.. some apps like google and college/employee used working apps update every few days… that’s crazy to inconvenience so many this way. I’ve tried every solution mentioned in all of the current posted questions. It’s very much been my biggest deterrent from even considering a new iPhone for my upgrade this year or even next without this specific issue many people have had for years is resolved..

if there is a real solution, that isn’t auto refresh in background, updates allowed over cellular, WiFi, no permissions to change it to either one off so it can freely update on both… I have MANY screen recordings of this. It has actually cost me business and time and money to have to manually update my apps I use during work because the iPhones we use have decided to not function the way as intended while we are attending to our own customers.

will be switching to Nothing phones if this can’t be resolved quickly.