I tend to update all, when it comes to updates on my apps, but sometimes I read what has been added to the app.  I think that is normally when I am sitting at a coffee shop and I have finished something else and I am perhaps slightly bored.  It is quite interesting to read how some of the updates are described or how they read – for example, the YouTube update of 26 September was described in the App store as follows:  “Fixed bugs, improved performance, took out the garbage, mowed the front lawn, and now we need a little map.”

In other words, the programmers are having quite a bit of fun describing what they have done sometimes, it is not all just about what they have updated and sometimes they give you a sizeable update with a description like that that tells you nothing about what they have actually just updated!  Other times it is quite interesting, for example, the Uber update of 22 September said that it gives you more control over when you share your location with Uber.  It goes on to say, “Now you can choose between ‘while using the app’, ‘always’ and ‘never’ in your location settings.”  It is obviously informative and you will not always know what has happened with an app if you don’t read that.  Most often they just describe it as bug fixes and performance improvements, but they do often have more information about what new features have been added or what has been changed.