It seemed a little buggy to me at first when updating for the first few times, like maybe it was insisting on updating everything initially, but it now updates as I expect it to. That is, it only does so when I hit the update button. Give it a few updates and then see if it's acting the way you're wanting. My updates take maybe a minute now when on wifi, can't be negatively affecting the battery life too much.
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