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If you rely on Facebook Messenger to chat with friends and you're an iPhone or iPad user you might have noticed the app is crashing a lot since yesterday.
Unfortunately, it looks like the yesterday's update has caused some issues, as users are reporting that the app is crashing on their devices. Many people have noticed that the app is crashing frequently after updating. Messenger opens fine initially it lets you chat and use it normally, but if you switch to another app and come back, it fades to black and crashes to the iPhone home screen. Tapping on notifications while using Messenger is also leading to the immediate crash for some.
Facebook is aware of the issue and working on an update for the bad update, according to a spokesperson. Version 170.0 is the buggy release, and the company has already submitted a fix (170.1) to Apple. You can identify the version by tapping on more in the updates tab of the App Store.
The updated version of Facebook Messenger with a fix for the crashes is now available from the App Store. So if youre been experiencing the problem, be sure to update.
