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 ======How to make sure all Android Play Store app updates get installed======
-Google's Android Play Store app has acquired a strange, annoying behavior about finding updates to install, where it will not always find some of the latest updates unless you force an additional search. Here is how that works.
+Google's Android Play Store app has acquired a strange, annoying behavior about finding updates to install, where it might not find some of the latest updates unless you force an additional search. Here is how that works.
   -Run the Play Store app (a multicolored triangle pointed to the right).
-  -If at any point it displays an advertisement screen for anything, most likely Google Play Points, choose "No" or "Skip" or "Not now" or whatever bypasses the advertisement screen.
+  -Separately, if at any point it displays an advertisement or alert screen for anything, most likely Google Play Points, choose "No" or "Skip" or "Not now" or whatever bypasses the advertisement screen.
-  -Tap the round icon in the upper right, normally a lower case "a" on FSGW check-in tablets. That "a" comes from the first letter of the current account, which is "android#@fsgw.org", where "#" is the FSGW tablet number.
+  -Tap the round "account" icon in the upper right, normally a lower case "a" on FSGW check-in tablets. That "a" comes from the first letter of the current account, which should be "android#@fsgw.org", where "#" is the FSGW number for the Android tablet.
-  -Tap "Manage apps & device", which display a "Manage apps & device" page.
+  -Tap "Manage apps & device", to display a "Manage apps & device" page. If you don't see "Manage apps & device" on the screen, scroll down until you see either that or "My apps and games", and tap that.
-  -If the page says "All apps are up to date", do not believe it. Instead, tap "See recent updates" just below that.
+  -If you see "Updates available" with a count of updates pending, tap "Update all" below the count, then tap "See details" in the same place. Go to step 11.
+  -If the page says "All apps are up to date", do not believe that yet. Instead, tap "See recent updates" just below that.
   -Tap the "Updates available" button in the row of buttons below the "Manage" tab.
-  -A "You're all set" icon and text will probably get displayed. Tap the "Check for updates" button below that.
+  -A "You're all set" icon and text will get displayed, unless updates have just shown up, then go to step 10. Tap the "Check for updates" button below that.
-  -If it re-displays the same "You're all set" icon and text, now you can believe it, all available updates are installed, and you should exit the "Play Store" app.
+  -If it re-displays the same "You're all set" icon and text, now you can believe it, all available updates are installed, and you may exit the "Play Store" app.
-  -If it displays a list of apps with updates available, tap "Overview" near the upper left, then tap "Update all" below "Updates available", then tap "See details" in the same place.
+  -If it displays a list of apps with updates available, tap "Overview" near the upper left, then tap "Update all" below the count of updates pending, then tap "See details" in the same place.
-  -You will see the updates gradually getting downloaded and installed. Once all the updates have installed, again tap the "Check for updates" button, and go back 2 steps here.
+  -You will see the updates gradually getting downloaded and installed. Once all the updates have installed, go to step 8.
+  -You can be SURE that all available app updates have been installed ONLY after you have tapped the "Check for updates" button and no updates were found.
+  -Yes, this complexity is annoying. Unfortunately, there is nothing that I can do about that. Remain calm and chive on.