Originally Posted by
Rukbat Not magically, apps get updated regularly, to take advantage of new versions of Android.
Yes, but that's to the side of what I'm getting at. I'll try to be more precise.
When I reset my phone, I get older versions of some of the apps. (Gmail is one of them). I don't get the latest and greatest just because "apps get updated". I then go through an update-cycle to get them back up to 2019.
What I was confused about was why one set of apps are installed as old when I reset and others are not. I would have thought that a reset would require that all apps would have the 4.4.2 compatible version RE-installed so that people don't reset themselves out of owning apps.
Is the gmail initially older because it's bundled with the original 4.4.2?