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  "id": 10699180,
  "title": "Google has fixed an issue that caused thousands of iPhone apps to crash overnight",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/google-has-fixed-an-issue-that-caused-thousands-of-iphone-apps-to",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-29T13:18:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "9to5Google",
    "slug": "9to5google",
    "url": "https://9to5google.com/2026/09/29/google-firebase-iphone-app-crash-fixed/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Google has resolved an issue that caused thousands of iPhone apps to crash overnight. The problem was with Google's Firebase service, specifically its Analytics for Firebase, which was sending incorrectly formatted payloads to the SDK. This issue affected the launch of numerous apps, resulting in widespread crashes. Google confirmed the fix was rolled out by 7:52 PM Pacific Time on September 28, 2026, and no additional steps were required from developers. While some older app instances may still crash for up to four hours after the rollout, the majority of issues should be resolved by 11:52 PM Pacific Time.",
  "summary": "An issue with Google’s Firebase left thousands of iPhone apps crashing overnight, but a fix has already been applied. more…",
  "key_points": [],
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      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "Thousands of iOS apps started crashing because of Google (wait, what?)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/thousands-of-ios-apps-started-crashing-because-of-google-wait-what",
        "published": "2026-09-29T10:51:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "9to5Mac",
        "title": "Google has fixed an issue that caused thousands of iPhone apps to crash overnight",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/google-has-fixed-an-issue-that-caused-thousands-of-iphone-apps-to-10701739",
        "published": "2026-09-29T13:19:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Police",
        "title": "I added Google's new Pixel VIP widget to my home screen; it replaced 3 messaging apps",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/i-added-googles-new-pixel-vip-widget-to-my-home-screen-it-replaced-3",
        "published": "2026-09-29T13:30:10.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}