App updates

[RED-DOG]

I am constantly invited to update various apps on my phone. The benefits are usually advertised as bug fixes / improvements to the way the app works.

Most on  the time, I haven't noticed any bugs and I'm happy with the way the app works, In fact I often prefer the old version to the new version, or the new version requires permissions that I'm not prepared to give.

Is it ok to just refuse updates on things that I am happy with already?

[Laxie]

Yep.  I rarely update apps on my phone and all still working grand, two years later.

[kinboshi]

Of course you can stick with the version of the apps you've got if you don't want the newer version for whatever reason.

I often wait a short while before updating, as sometimes the developer will release the new app without the checks they should have done and there'll be bugs, etc.  I wish there was an easy way to roll-back to a previous version (without doing a phone backup and restore that seems a bit excessive for a single app upgrade).

With some apps though, it does make sense to update.  Sometimes they will have removed a security flaw, or an issue that could potentially cause the app or even your phone to crash/hang/go slow. 

YMMV

[RED-DOG]

Of course you can stick with the version of the apps you've got if you don't want the newer version for whatever reason.

I often wait a short while before updating, as sometimes the developer will release the new app without the checks they should have done and there'll be bugs, etc.  I wish there was an easy way to roll-back to a previous version (without doing a phone backup and restore that seems a bit excessive for a single app upgrade).

With some apps though, it does make sense to update.  Sometimes they will have removed a security flaw, or an issue that could potentially cause the app or even your phone to crash/hang/go slow. 

YMMV

You can roll-back to a previous version. Just go to manage apps and uninstall latest update. I did it with maps the other day because the updated version was horrible.

[kinboshi]

Of course you can stick with the version of the apps you've got if you don't want the newer version for whatever reason.

I often wait a short while before updating, as sometimes the developer will release the new app without the checks they should have done and there'll be bugs, etc.  I wish there was an easy way to roll-back to a previous version (without doing a phone backup and restore that seems a bit excessive for a single app upgrade).

With some apps though, it does make sense to update.  Sometimes they will have removed a security flaw, or an issue that could potentially cause the app or even your phone to crash/hang/go slow. 

YMMV

You can roll-back to a previous version. Just go to manage apps and uninstall latest update. I did it with maps the other day because the updated version was horrible.

That works with some apps (maps being one where it's included with the OS along with some other google apps), but not on most of them.