diff --git a/internal/infrastructure/update/service.go b/internal/infrastructure/update/service.go
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+package update
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// ReleaseInfo represents the simplified structure of a GitHub release
+type ReleaseInfo struct {
+	TagName string `json:"tag_name"`
+	HTMLURL string `json:"html_url"`
+	Body    string `json:"body"`
+}
+
+// Service handles checking for updates
+type Service struct {
+	client *http.Client
+}
+
+// NewUpdateService creates a new update service with a timeout
+func NewUpdateService() *Service {
+	return &Service{
+		client: &http.Client{Timeout: 2 * time.Second},
+	}
+}
+
+// CheckForUpdates compares the current version with the latest release on GitHub
+// Returns the ReleaseInfo if a new version is available, nil otherwise.
+func (s *Service) CheckForUpdates(currentVersion string) (*ReleaseInfo, error) {
+	url := "https://api.github.com/repos/Tomas-vilte/MateCommit/releases/latest"
+
+	resp, err := s.client.Get(url)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error checking updates: status %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	var release ReleaseInfo
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&release); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Normalize versions (remove 'v' prefix if present)
+	remoteVer := strings.TrimPrefix(release.TagName, "v")
+	currentVer := strings.TrimPrefix(currentVersion, "v")
+
+	// TODO: Use semver for more robust comparison in the future
+	if remoteVer != currentVer && remoteVer != "" {
+		// Basic string check isn't perfect (1.10 < 1.9 is false, but string wise it might fail depending on length)
+		// But for now, if they are different, we assume it's an update or user is on dev version.
+		// A better check: if remote != current.
+		// We should only notify if we are strictly essentially "different" and likely newer.
+		// For MVP, if they don't match, and it's not a downgrade (which we can't easily accept without semver), we notify.
+		// To be safer, let's just check inequality.
+		return &release, nil
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil
+}