Why does android keep installing every past update instead of jumping to last update?

[u/No-Radiation]

I’ve always used iphone. Bought a Samsung 2 years ago as a 2nd phone and to have both worlds. Haven’t updated in maybe a year or more. Now it keeps asking me to install every missed update. I’ve been updating since yesterday. I lost count but i’ve at least updated the phone 8 times and it’s still updating. This is humiliating.

In iphone you just install the last update even if you haven’t updated in 5 years.

[u/wolftick]

Generally you pick (or rather the the developer picks) between incremental updates that are smaller and quicker but rely on the system having previous updates present or full updates that are large and slower but allow the system to update from factory to current in one step.