Configure auto-update policy via MDM (UpdateFrequency)

Available on: Mac and Windows on MDM-managed devices.

Use UpdateFrequency to control how often Wispr Flow checks for automatic updates across your managed devices. Users cannot override the managed schedule. For installation, permissions, and app ownership, see Deploy Wispr Flow via MDM.

Choose an update schedule

Value	Update-check schedule
auto	Default: periodic automatic checks.
weekly	Once a week.
bi-weekly	Once every two weeks.
monthly	Once every 30 days.

Automatic updates are enabled by default. A missing or invalid value falls back to auto. Values ignore capitalization and surrounding whitespace.

The schedule controls update checks, not a guaranteed installation time. The device must be awake and online; Flow can defer applying a downloaded update during active use, including dictation or a Notetaker recording.

Flow shows the next scheduled check date while a managed schedule is preventing an early check. Failed update installations retry automatically. After repeated failures, Flow notifies the user; contact support if this persists.

Configure macOS

1. In the Admin Portal, open the MDM section and download the managed-configuration profile. Unzip the download before deployment.

2. In wispr-flow-managed-config.mobileconfig, set UpdateFrequency to your chosen value. The profile uses the preferences domain com.electron.wispr-flow.

3. Deploy the profile through your MDM, then restart Wispr Flow so it reads the new policy.

Configure Windows

Use either your MDM's registry policy or the supplied PowerShell script.

Registry policy

Set the following machine-wide value:

Setting	Value
Key	HKLM\SOFTWARE\Policies\WisprAI\Flow
Name	UpdateFrequency
Type	REG_SZ
Data	auto, weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly

PowerShell script

1. Download and unzip wispr-flow-set-update-frequency.ps1 from the Admin Portal's MDM section.

2. Edit $value to your chosen schedule. The supplied script starts with weekly.

3. Run the script as a post-install action under SYSTEM, then check your MDM's execution logs. The script writes the machine-wide registry value and verifies that it matches.

Restart Wispr Flow after changing either Windows policy.

Verify or change the policy

• Mac: Check that the managed-configuration profile reached the device and contains the intended UpdateFrequency value.

• Windows: Check the registry value above, or confirm the PowerShell script's success message in your MDM logs.

• After a change: Restart Flow. Changing the profile or registry value alone does not refresh a policy already loaded by the running app.

• Return to the default: Set the value to auto and restart Flow.

If a Mac requests an administrator password during updates, follow the admin-password troubleshooting guide. For a policy that still does not take effect, contact support@wisprflow.ai with your MDM provider, OS and Flow versions, configured value, and deployment logs.