Will skipping Play Store updates cause problems?

Question

I have found that auto-updating apps from the Play Store sometimes causes me an inconenience: A newer versions of an app sometimes doesn't have the features I liked in the older version. Thus, I selectively update my apps



I'm wondering what happens in this scenario: Let's say I download an app today, call it version 1.0, that I do not auto-update. An update to 1.1 is released some time later, then a release to 1.2, then 1.3 etc. So let's say I decide to update when 1.3 comes out. Does updating then cumulatively capture changes from 1.2 and 1.1 as as well? Or have I missed functionality in 1.1 or 1.2?



Put another way, I would assume an update at that time would make that app identical to what is available on the Play Store that day. Is that correct?


— clg | Sources

Answer

This is not about Android apps per se, but about softwares in general. Whether you make incremental update (say 1.3 to 1.4) or full update by skipping some versions (say 1.1 to 1.4), you finally end up with same version which would offer same functionality. The difference is that the changelog which shows the changes that took place in the most recent version is written in comparison to last revision. Thus, when skipping updates you would want to read all the changelogs available in between to get a full idea of what new features or lack of feature are available to you after the update.


— Firelord | Sources

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