Does anyone know if an app downloaded via APK or through Obtainium can be updated automatically by the Play Store? I ask because the apps I installed in this way continue to show up in the Play Store as 'installed.' I believed that I would lose this link if I installed them outside the official Android store 🤔 

 Lbry and odysee  

 Yes, google play checks for the crypto signature of each apk. And if it matches the googme play version, it will consider it installed ^^ 

 No, they are different things with the same name. That's why it shows as installed. But the PlayStore update will never work because the signature is different. Once you switch to Obtainium, you have to keep using it or uninstall and try another method. 

 Got it! I was concerned about installing apps outside the Playstore, and if there was an update through the Playstore, my phone might force the update through the native store. Thank you! 

 Well it's not obvious. I only started noticing this once I developed my first apps. And somehow google play could update my manually downloaded test APKs as soon as my app got released.

The magic is in the signing key :) 

 Oh I see! Didn't realize they used different signing keys.