On Saturday night (PT), numerous Android customers are seeing the Google app repeatedly crash (“Google retains stopping”) once they try to look.
Opening the Google app through the homescreen icon will end in a crash. You see the app briefly load earlier than you’re returned to the homescreen. The Google Search bar widget momentarily reveals your previous queries earlier than crashing.
The Pixel Launcher search bar continues to work for gadget lookup, however getting into a question briefly hundreds the outcomes web page earlier than crashing.
Google Uncover (to the left of your homescreen) gained’t launch, whereas tapping the Voice Search microphone additionally stops the Google app.
After repeatedly making an attempt to launch the app, Android reveals a “Google retains stopping” message.
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We’re seeing this crashing challenge with the newest steady (15.35) and beta (15.36) variations of the Google Search app on Android 15, 14, and (presumably) earlier. Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy, and different Android gadgets are impacted.
Google Assistant (voice instructions), Gemini, Google Lens, and even Circle to Search proceed to work, whereas google.com by means of Chrome for Android works usually, in order that’s your workaround. You can too use the Gemini app.
No different platforms are impacted. As such, we imagine this to be a Google app on Android-specific challenge. Google Search — together with all different first-party companies, like YouTube, Gmail, Drive, Docs, and so on. — proceed to operate usually as of Saturday night/Sunday morning.
This may draw comparability to the WebView bug in 2021, however solely the Google app is impacted. That mentioned, the Google app powers and is accountable for lots of companies on Android.
Google retains stopping/crashing workarounds
There isn’t any apparent repair as of this night, however google.com in Chrome and different cellular browsers nonetheless works.
Older variations of the Google app are additionally impacted, so you can’t App information > Uninstall updates (which causes different hassles) to get every part working once more.
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