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The updated Apple News app keeps crashing for some users

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2019-03-26 14:08

While you’ll have to wait for a not-yet-News.cn/en/tag/i0xdcczfd1f8ad63e25ef5/index.html" target="_blank">announced date to pay a not-yet-News.cn/en/tag/i0xdcczfd1f8ad63e25ef5/index.html" target="_blank">announced price for many of the subscription services that News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xadknd6ba31204aa8f4b/index.html" target="_blank">Apple-News.cn/en/tag/i0xdcczfd1f8ad63e25ef5/index.html" target="_blank">announced-today/">News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xadknd6ba31204aa8f4b/index.html" target="_blank">Apple News.cn/en/tag/i0xdcczfd1f8ad63e25ef5/index.html" target="_blank">announced yesterday, News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xadknd6ba31204aa8f4b/index.html" target="_blank">Apple">News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xadknd6ba31204aa8f4b/index.html" target="_blank">Apple News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News+ actually launched pretty quickly … and then started crashing.

At least, that was my experience this morning after I updated my iPad to iOS 12.2, then reinstalled and opened the News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News app. The app started loading, then kicked me out a few seconds later. Then it did it again, and again, and again.

It’s not clear how widespread the issue is, but my colleague Matt Burns had a similar experience on his iPhone 8, and a number of other users seem to be News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xadknd6ba31204aa8f4b/index.html" target="_blank">Apple%20News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News%20crashsrc=typd">tweeting about their own crashes on iPads, iPhones and Macs.

There are, however, reports that you can circumvent the issue by immediately selecting the News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News+ tab and letting load.

In fact, I managed to do that myself, so that I could sign-up for the new $9.99 subscription (which includes TechCrunch’s own Extra Crunch). I appear to have subscribed successfully — only to have the app start crashing on me again. Not the most auspicious start for a paid product, and one that’sNews.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xadknd6ba31204aa8f4b/index.html" target="_blank">Apple-News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News-plus-is-a-fine-way-to-read-magazines-but-a-disappointment-to-anyone-wishing-for-a-real-boost-for-the-News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News-business/"> already spurring debate about whether or not it can help the News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News industry.

We’ve reached out to News.cn/en/tag/i0xagnnjf0e3105aed7821/index.html" target="_blank">News.cn/en/tag/i0xadknd6ba31204aa8f4b/index.html" target="_blank">Apple and will update if we hear back (or if the company makes a public statement elsewhere).