My friend can't join worlds I make because they have 1.16.50 and they're on a iOS device while I'm on Windows 10 and can't update to 1.16.50. I'm stuck on 1.16.40 and think that there should be a way to choose if you want to force update it to 1.16.50. (Like a button in the settings of Minecraft)
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For some reason though, it says "Cannot connect to world".

Thank you for your report!
We're actually already tracking this issue at MCPE-36190, so I will resolve and link this ticket as a duplicate.
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This is intended. 1.16.50 is an iOS only release and is multiplayer compatible with 1.16.40