During initial setup of a replacement smartphone, a technician helps the user sign in to the same cloud account (Google Workspace on Android or iCloud on iOS) and enables the default sync options. After mail, contacts, and calendar entries appear, the user is surprised that the apps they had purchased on the old phone are not automatically installed. According to standard mobile-device account synchronization behavior, which category of data is normally NOT synchronized and therefore must be re-downloaded from the app store?
Mobile-device account synchronization focuses on user data such as mail, calendar items, and contact records. Application installation packages themselves are not part of that process; most platforms only keep a record of previously acquired apps so they can be re-downloaded later. Therefore, application installation files must be obtained again on each device, whereas contacts, calendar events, and email messages synchronize automatically.
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What other types of data are typically synchronized through mobile cloud accounts?