San Francisco June 16 (IANS) Facebook s latest update for its Messenger app can fix the app that was crashing constantly among many iOS users the media reported.
Version 170.0 was the buggy release and the company has already submitted a fix (170.1) to Apple The Verge reported on Friday.
The users can now identify the version by tapping "more" in the updates tab of the App Store.
According to The Verge many people noticed that the app was crashing frequently after updating the previous update (170.0). The users found Messenger opens well initially. But when they switch to another app and come back to the messenger it fades to black and crashes to the iPhone home screen.
According to a spokesperson Facebook was aware of the issue and working on a new update.
Facebook has now confirmed that the new update should solve the issue CNET reported.

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