The game only needs to be updated if it's on mobile/tablet, On Facebook and King.com it's done automatically. Which little perks are you referencing by the way?
If upgraded are just mobile/tablet that's where I had an update and the little perk from last week of collected sprinkled balls within a certain amount of time you got prizes.
Ah ok, I think you may be talking about the live ops event of collection colour bombs for a prize. They're only available for a short time and this one was a mobile exclusive, which is why you couldn't see it in your game on you laptop.
