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Google Rolls Out Patch to End YouTube Mobile App Crashes

iPhone users need to reinstall the app to restore stability after Google’s fix

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Google is advising iPhone users to manually reinstall the app to ensure the issue doesn’t persist.
Google is asking some iPhone users to uninstall YouTube, here is why
YouTube videos are going to look a bit worse the next month.

Overview

  • Complaints of crashes, video playback errors and unresponsiveness surfaced on June 17 across forums and Reddit
  • Google acknowledged the mobile app bug on June 18 and confirmed that engineers had implemented a patch
  • iOS users must delete and reinstall YouTube from the App Store to ensure the fix is applied
  • Android users can secure the update by downloading the latest version in the Play Store or receive it automatically via a server-side rollout
  • Google clarified that the disruption was caused by a software glitch and was not related to ad-blocker conflicts