Apple’s latest iOS 16.3.1 update breaks the Google Photos app, Google offers a fix

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

According to user reports on Reddit and Twitter, Google Photos app crashes instantly for Apple users with iOS 16.3.1 update. Several iPhone and iPad users claim that they are unable to open or access Google Photo Library after installing the latest software. The issues do not appear to be limited to a specific iPhone or iPad model, although most of the complaints available on the web suggest that the issues appear on recent iPhone 14 models as well.

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

Apple released iOS 16.3.1, the latest iteration of iOS 16 earlier today with build number 20D67. It comes with fixes for iCloud performance, Siri and Find My improvements, and Crash Detection for iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro models. The update is available for iPhone 8 or later, second-generation and third-generation iPhone SE models. Along with iOS 16.3.1, Apple also released iPadOS 16.3.1 for iPad units, 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 of Apple HomePod.