ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR UPDATING EXTERNAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING SAME

According to various embodiments of the present disclosure, an electronic device may comprise: a communication circuit, a memory, and at least one processor operatively connected to the communication circuit and the memory, wherein on or more of the ate least one processor is configured to: receive an updating file for updating a second external electronic device from a first external electronic device based on establishing a communication connection with the first external electronic device through the communication circuit; identify whether the second external electronic device needs to be updated, based on the electronic device being safely mounted on the second external electronic device; identify whether a designated condition for transmitting the updating file to the second external electronic device is satisfied, based on state information of the second external electronic device and/or state information of the electronic device based on the second external electronic device needing to be updated; and transmit the updating file received from the first external electronic device to the second external electronic device based on the designated condition for transmitting the updating file to the second external electronic device being satisfied.