[A small doubt] Installing apps outside the playstore - Sony Xperia X Questions & Answers

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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I have a OnePlus One (bacon) with a custom Android 9 ROM. Recently my Play Store decided that some apps were not worth updating or even appear in the search results.
I'm talking about apps like Facebook, Instagram and Messenger. They appear in the store but expanding the infos it says that the last update was in July 2018 or April 2015. At first I thought this had to do only with Facebook owned apps, but other apps, like Tinder, won't even show in the search results.
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What can I do?

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