Millions of Android owners warned to look out for urgent new Google alert

GOOGLE is hoping to ease that angry feeling you get when an app randomly crashes with a handy new feature.

There’s nothing worse than scrolling through your favourite app for it to suddenly stop, leaving you scratching your head and a little frustrated.

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Sometimes it’s a bug which just needs a little update – but how are you to know?

Well, Google wants to make you better aware of individual updates that could fix things.

The next time an app crashes on your Android device you will be alerted of any updates available.

According to the firm’s latest release notes, it will “help users to resolve app crashes with new update prompts”.

This should start to appear via an update to Google Play Store – v33.2 – which was rolled out on November 15.

Of course, such a feature will only work if an update for the app is actually available.

And not every issue is due to an update being needed.

But it’s a useful way to potentially relieve you of your app crashing woes.

According to expert Mishaal Rahman, the alert reads: “Update the app to fix crashes.

“The app stopped working, but the latest update for the app may fix the issue. Install the update and then open the app again.

“If you want to update later, go to %1$s in Google Play.”

Remember, app updates aren’t just there to resolve bugs causing glitches.

They’re also important for security, so you should make sure you’re doing regular updates regardless.

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