Google Resolves Crashing Android App Issues

American multinational technology company, Google has resolved a problem that indicates Android phones crashing for many users. The crashing apps issue began on Monday and affected apps such as Gmail, Facebook and Amazon.

An update to Android system WebView, which allows the Android app to display web content appears to be the reason for the crash.

Responding to the issue, a Google spokesman told the BBC that users should update their Android System WebView and Google's Chrome browser.

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"We have resolved the issue with WebView that caused some apps on Android to crash for some users. Updating Android System WebView and Google Chrome via Google Play should now resolve the issue," Google said.

a website that measures outages, DownDetector showed a surge in problems for Gmail and Amazon and Social media was filled with reports of apps crashing

To update Android WebView, which is a system component that is pre-installed on all Android devices, users need to the following:

navigate to the Play Store app

search for Android System WebView

select the "Update" option

repeat these steps for Google Chrome