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#Pixel 3 apps keep crashing update#
Google has said that the latest update to Android System WebView was at fault for these crashes. Users said that certain apps, including Gmail and Amazon, were refusing to open or were “ instantly crashing” and there have been hundreds of Gmail outages reported on DownDetector.
But there have also been reports from Pixel, Motorola and OnePlus users. Those with Samsung phones seem to have been particularly affected, especially those with recent devices such as the Galaxy S20 and S21 and A50 and A70 series, according to Android Police. Want to know more about us? Head here.A recent update to Android System WebView has caused key apps such as Gmail and Google Chrome to crash for some users.ĭo your Android apps keep crashing? Users across the globe have been reporting similar issues over the past couple of days. In no time, our stories got picked up by the likes of Forbes, Foxnews, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Engadget, The Verge, Macrumors, and many others. PiunikaWeb started as purely an investigative tech journalism website with main focus on ‘breaking’ or ‘exclusive’ news. You can also check the bugs/issues tracker dedicated to Android 12 on Pixel phones. We will update this article when more related news appears on the matter, so stay tuned. Therefore, it is not yet known if they are aware of the situation. To date, Google has not officially ruled on Assistant not working well after Android 12 update issue. I have cleared the cache, cleared all Google data and even flashed a fresh copy of Android 12 (without wiping). At that point it cuts out mid sentence, the window disappears, and sometimes I get a popup saying “Google keeps stopping”. When I launch assistant to do a search, everything works until it starts speaking the results. This has been going on for at least the past two betas and persists now that we are on Android 12.
Therefore, the issue could be related to Android 12, but this is yet to be confirmed: SourceĪndroid 12 betas reportedly had this problem tooĪpparently, some Pixel phone users have already had these problems with the Google Assistant since the Android 12 betas: It should be noted that there are also some Google Pixel 6 users reporting problems with the Google Assistant. There are users who report having tried to clear the cache and data of Google Assistant app to resolve the problem, but nothing worked. Not sure if other people are getting this as well.įor some users, Google Assistant does not activate with the command ‘Ok Google’ when the phone screen is off: Source Internal things such as checking what’s on my calendar (data that’s already on the phone) seem to work just fine, but it has to go out to the net, the assistant just immediately closes. I can easily reproduce it for example when asking “Where is the next x supermarket”, and it says “I have found n locations for” and then force closing and crashing, when it wants to show them.Īpparently, the problem occurs when the user executes a command that requires connecting to the internet.įor me on my Pixel3Xl after the android12 update, If google assistant needs to query the internet for an answer or an action, it just Quits Out. Since I upgraded to Android 12, my Google Assistant is crashing all the time when asking question. Some users point out that specific questions reportedly cause the app to crash: The reports of affected users describe situations on Assistant app such as crashes, voice commands that are not fulfilled or the impossibility of activating it with the screen off ( 1, 2, 3, 4). Google Assistant not working properly on some Pixel phones updated to Android 12 Some Google Pixel phone users report that since they updated their phones to Android 12, the Google Assistant app is not working well. However, it appears that some issues are yet to be ironed out as the latest iteration of Google’s Android OS needs a bit of polishing The Android 12 update has been available since October for the Google Pixel phones.
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