Play Store not updating some apps On my Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 running LineageOS 16 with Opengapps, some apps are not being updated to the latest versions. In particular there is Google Meet and Sheets. Meet is stuck on a version dated August 2020 whereas my phone offers a version dated November.
I tried installing Aptoide apk store and it offered updates to both of these apps (and some other too). I installed them and they work, so it is not a question of incompatibility with my system. However, I would like to stick to the Play Store.
Why is this happening? And what could be done to get the latest versions?
On Android the app developer can upload different app versions for different platforms.
Therefore it can happen that on your smartphone you have an Google Meet version from Dec. 2020 but on your tablet the latest version is still Aug. 2020.
This can even happen if both device are using the same Android versions. Just the fact that the one device is a tablet and the other a smartphone is enough so that they get different versions of an app.
If you open the page of an app in Google Play Store app and there is no &quot;update&quot; button then you already have installed the latest version that has been released for your current device.
Other criteria that may lead to a different version are:

Android version
Supported ABI of the CPU and OS (armv7 = 32bit and/or armv8 = 64bit)
Screen size
Country
Mobile network provider
Device name
Installed libraries (some manufacturer add special libraries that are required for certain apps)
Available hardware features such as NFC, fingerprint sensor, ...