Google Photos Crashes on iOS 16.3.1 Update: Here’s a Fix

Apple released its latest version of iOS 16 for compatible devices today (February 14). The new iOS 16.3.1 update appears to be causing app crashes for some iPhone and iPad users. The update aims to improve user experience with Find My and Crash Detection improvements for the new iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models. However, some users have reported online that shortly after updating their devices to iOS 16.3.1, the Google Photos app crashes immediately on launch. The problems are not limited to a specific iPhone or iPad model, but affect most current Apple devices. Google has now rolled out update 6.23.1 for the Google Photo app.

Depending on the user reports At Reddit and twitter, google photos App crashes immediately Apple Users with the iOS 16.3.1 update. Several iPhone And iPad Users report that they cannot open or access Google Photo Library after installing the latest software. The problems don’t seem to be limited to any specific iPhone or iPad model, although most of the complaints available on the web suggest that the problems have been occurring recently iPhone 14 also models.

Google officially accepted the problem, and also provided a solution. The official Google Photos Twitter account confirmed that the team is “working quickly to resolve this issue.” rolls a fix in version 6.23.1 of the Google Photos app. The latest update is currently available on the App Store.

Apple Approved iOS 16.3.1, the latest iteration of iOS 16 earlier today with build number 20D67. It includes fixes for iCloud performance, Siri and Find My, and crash detection improvements for iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models. The update is available for iPhone 8 or later, the second and third generation iPhone SE models. Along with iOS 16.3.1, Apple also released iPadOS 16.3.1 for iPad devices, macOS Ventura 13.2.1 for MacBooks, watchOS 9.3.1 for Apple Wearables, and HomePod Software version 16.3.2 for the second-generation Apple HomePod.