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title: "Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons Firmware Update"
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description: "Nintendo has released a brand new update for the system’s Joy-Con controllers that’s available to manually download on your Nintendo Switch console in System Settings."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2018-03-31 17:35:32"
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Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons Firmware Update | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons Firmware Update](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/nintendo-switch-joy-cons-firmware-update.jpg "Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons Firmware Update")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/nintendo-switch-joy-cons-firmware-update.jpg)Nintendo has released a brand new update for the system’s Joy-Con controllers that’s available to manually download on your Nintendo Switch console in System Settings.

Yeah we are going to be seeing regular updates to the Joy-Cons it seems.

## [](#how-to-update-your-joy-con-controllers)How to update your Joy-Con controllers

1. Select the System Settings on the HOME Menu.
2. Scroll down through the System Settings menu and select Controllers and Sensors.
3. Select Update Controllers, to start the controller update process. Please note that this will only update any Joy-Con controllers that are connected to the Nintendo Switch console.

That’s it then you will have the latest and greatest!

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