diff --git a/spec/wibox/widget/template_spec.lua b/spec/wibox/widget/template_spec.lua
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+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- @author Aire-One
+-- @copyright 2021 Aire-One
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_G.awesome.connect_signal = function() end
+
+local template = require("wibox.widget.template")
+local gtable = require("gears.table")
+local gtimer = require("gears.timer")
+
+local function is_same_table_struture(state, arguments) -- luacheck: ignore unused argument state
+    return function(value)
+        return table.concat(gtable.keys(arguments[1])) == table.concat(gtable.keys(value))
+    end
+end
+
+assert:register(
+    "matcher",
+    "is_same_table_struture",
+    is_same_table_struture
+)
+
+describe("wibox.widget.template", function()
+    local widget
+
+    before_each(function()
+        widget = template()
+    end)
+
+    describe("widget:update()", function()
+        it("batch calls", function()
+            local spied_update_callback = spy.new(function() end)
+
+            widget.update_callback = spied_update_callback
+
+            -- Multiple calls to update
+            widget:update()
+            widget:update()
+            widget:update()
+
+            -- update_callback shouldn't be called before the end of the event loop
+            assert.spy(spied_update_callback).was.called(0)
+
+            gtimer.run_delayed_calls_now()
+
+            -- updates are batched, so only 1 call should have been performed
+            assert.spy(spied_update_callback).was.called(1)
+        end)
+
+        it("update parameters", function()
+            local spied_update_callback = spy.new(function() end)
+            local args_structure = { foo = "string" }
+            local update_args = { foo = "bar" }
+
+            widget.update_args = args_structure
+            widget.update_callback = spied_update_callback
+
+            widget:update(update_args)
+
+            gtimer.run_delayed_calls_now()
+
+            assert.spy(spied_update_callback).was.called_with(
+                match.is_ref(widget),
+                match.is_same_table_struture(widget.update_args)
+            )
+        end)
+    end)
+end)
+
+-- vim: filetype=lua:expandtab:shiftwidth=4:tabstop=8:softtabstop=4:textwidth=80