I also have to frequently update it before the call on Windows.
Maybe it works as intended if you use it daily, but as someone who only occasionally uses Zoom for external calls I'm in the habit of always opening it a couple minutes early to have time for software updates
I just use the browser version, so I assume it is always the latest version. This is one of the compelling arguments for everything is a web page/app. A single centralized place version millions of separately controlled copies.
And the equally compelling anti-argument against everything-is-a-web-page is every time I go to a website I haven't been to in awhile (and some I use on the daily), I need to swat away a cacophony of "What's New! Let's Take a Tour!" popups, like so many cobwebs. :)