The goal was to establish and encourage the adoption of a common set of standards that would bring a 3G-like end-user experience to Wi-Fi by facilitating an automatic network discovery, selection and authentication of carrier-operated Wi-Fi networks.

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But most carriers have not instituted automatic traffic offloads between their networks and Wi-Fi due to the complexity of building such a system.

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Once the wi-fi is set up, there's no need to connect the device to a computer to update, the wi-fi connectivity allows for automatic audio content updates.

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The update is automatic and will occur over-the-air to all devices connected to Wi-Fi.

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