Application updates - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've installed IMDB long back. the version in my phone now is 2.60, but when I checked on the play store it is 3.11. Why does the play store doesn't show an option to update to the latest version? Does versions vary with devices?

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[Q] New version play store malfunctioning

Recently i updated my phone and my play store alongwith my play services app was also updated .earlier play store used to work perfectly but now it shows black background behind all icons (apps and different sections). I uninstalled the updates and everything became correct but again when i open play store it get's updated and the problem persists.
I have uploaded the screen shots of both new and old versions.

[Q] Updating Apps

I've recently realised that apps I've downloaded outside of the Google play store (Apks from Internet) , but are in the play store market don't auto-update, the playstore doesn't even give me the ability to update them. This might be quite blatant, but is there a way to update my APKs from the Google play store, which have not been downloaded from the Google play store, or is the only option to manually downloaded updated versions from the Internet, thanks.
To update with the PlayStore they have to be gotten from the PlayStore. They don't update outside apps due to many security issues and no way to link them.

Google Play store app not displaying the same info as the web version of Play Store

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When I log into the Web version of the Google Play store, I see some applications that says they are installed on my phone, but in reality, they are not installed on my Samsung Galaxy S3.
Last year, my phone was out of service for 2-3 months (I had a spare cell), and I think this is the cause. When my phone crashed, I believe I had those applications listed in Play Store (web) installed at the time. After I finally came around at installing the stock ROM (Bell Canada), then these applications showed up.
Is there a way to re sync what I have installed on my phone (Google Play store android app) and the Web version of Google Play store?
Thank you for your help

Google Play Store [Services/GMS] problems [June 2016]

I had to fight this on 2 tablets now. The play store gives connection problems. I've tracked the issue down to the newer versions of Google Play Services.
Google Play services v 8.7.03 worked fine, such that Play Store never had issues. Then one tablet updated to Google Play services v 9.0.83 end of May, and another one just updated a week ago to Google Play services v 9.2.56. This screwed up the Play Store, which started to display the connection error. What's interesting is that if I manually re-install 8.7.03, the Play Store is still unstable, requiring me to sign in here and there.
Today I've installed a patched version of Play Store, the one that should not update itself (google for "patched google play store", select the link that also has the smiley app). Then I re-installed the 8.7.03 version of Play services. Regardless, within minutes, the Play Services got updated back to 9.2.56 (apparently, the patched Play Store does not prevent updates to Google Play Services). Yet for some reason this latest permutation seems to work, and I am finally able to get apps from the Play Store again.
There is no way to block the Google Play Services updates as we could do on FireOS 4.5.x ... The old trick with the directories named as apk does not work ...
Anyway, what the situation out there ? I am not seeing many reports, but the issues must be happening ! Please, chime in!

[A small doubt] Installing apps outside the playstore

Hello Guys! Today, I opened Google photos app and it said to new version available update the app and it took me to playstore but in playstore it says the app is up to date. I checked from apkmirror and i seen newer version which is not available in playstore. I Installed the photos app from apkmirror.
Can i update the app automatically from playstore as i installed it from apkmirror and i also seen a newer playstore version in apkmirror. Can i install that? Does the other devices receiving faster updates than our device? Why there is a version gap in our device and in apkmirror?
Today i also received September update. How many of you guys installed it. Are there any changes or is it the same security updates we just receiving?
if you are not beta tester, playstore wont show those apps! also many apps are market based! perhaps playstore is not offering that particular app to you at that time and place!

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