OK I'm going to display some total KDE ignorance here, hopefully a KDE user can answer this.
On GNOME, gnome-software + packagekit + systemd work together to make the user aware of software updates. This includes any installed applications, as well as OS + kernel updates. The user clicks on Restart & Install in gnome-software, or chooses that option in the reboot/poweroff panel. The system reboots, a special systemd offline updates target is triggered, and packagekit installs all the previously downloaded rpms with a progress indicator, then reboots (again).
So I'm wondering what the equivalent is on KDE, with about that much detail.
Thanks,