Is Google Maps crashing for you too? Then you are not alone. Google Maps is by far the most popular navigation app on the planet and for all good reasons. But one of the problems with being so popular and having a monopoly is that when something goes wrong on the developer's side, commuters get stranded and that's what's happened to the Google Maps app since the last hour or so. The app is not working for many users around the world. If Google Maps keeps crashing for you, here are a couple of simple fixes that can get it working again.

Currently, there are two ways to fix Google Maps if it's not working on your Android smartphone – clear the cache and uninstall the latest updates. Here's how to use both to restore Google Maps to a working state.

Clearing the cache of the Google Maps Android app is by far the easiest way to restore the app to a working state. This method seems to work for several users, as pointed out by those on Reddit and Twitter. To clear the cache:

Now try launching Google Maps and it should open and work as intended instead of crashing on you. We tested this fix on Pixel 6 and Oppo Find X5 Pro, and it worked for us.