If you have an Android mobile phone, the latest Google Maps update brings bad news for you.
The issues Android Auto users face when dealing with a series of crashes in apps like Google Maps in particular are quite common.
In fact, the latest update to Google Maps seems to have broken the app outright when we use it with Android Auto or on its own.
Specifically, they comment that the latest update to Google Maps crashes the app, it no longer launches, so it stays stuck on the loading screen and doesn't move from there, so no map appears in the interface.
According to them, the first people to complain posted their negative review on September 17, so the update should be before that date.
With this, all eyes are on build 11,146 from September 16 or build 11,145, which was released on September 14.
Considering that these types of updates are released in waves, it's likely that update 11,145, which was released on September 14, is responsible for the Google Maps issues.
- How to fix Google Maps crash issue
According to the mentioned source, the data on the Android mobile phone configuration screen must be deleted.
To do this, the affected user will need to go to the Settings menu on Android, search for Apps, locate Google Maps, and access the data deletion options.
If you did that and you are still facing this issue after deleting the data, what you should do is downgrade Google Maps to a previous version of 11.145.
To do this, you can go to sites like APK Mirror, and download the file corresponding to a previous version of Google Maps.
If you don't want to complicate your life too much, until Google releases a new update to Google Maps, you can use an alternative mapping app like Waze.