The Facebook app is crashing for many — here’s what we know about the Android issues

On the mend?

Today’s Facebook app issues appear to be improving rapidly — with reports on Downdetector back down to near-baseline levels in the US and UK.

It isn’t clear whether Meta has pushed out a fix for the Android app and there’s been no official response to the crashing problems that many have experienced, but we’re close to calling this one over four hours on from when it started.

It’s looking like an Android issue

The results of our poll above at the top of this page are pretty telling — 99% of the people who’ve voted to say they’re having problems with the Facebook app are on Android.

According to the Play Store, Facebook’s Android app was also updated yesterday on June 17, so that could well be the culprit — although that still isn’t official. Still, if the problem is a buggy app update, Meta should be able to push out a fix pretty sharp-ish…

The app crashes continue

The most common reported issue by far with the Facebook app today is it keeps closing or crashing upon opening.

Those complaints are increasing on X (like the above) and in the comments section of Downdetector, and the most likely culprit so far seems to be a buggy app update.

It’s still not clear whether this is cross-platform or restricted to Android, so vote in our poll above if you’re experiencing the same issues.

Is this an Android issue?

So far, it isn’t clear what’s causing today’s Facebook app issues — but it seems to be hitting Android users a bit harder than those on iPhones.

Many of the comments on Downdetector and social media are related to Android devices, with one reporting that Facebook “keeps crashing on Android, but is fine on my iOS device”.

The fact that the number of reports is relatively low for a Facebook outage suggests this could be related to problems with one particular app version. But I’m working to get a more official explanation.

The reports are growing

Today’s reports of issues with the Facebook app are continuing to move in the wrong direction — we’re now at 1,175 reports on Downdetector in the US and counting, while the UK isn’t far behind with 580 reports.

These issues seem to be specific to the mobile app, with over 80% of reports on Downdetector related to the app rather than the website or login issues. There’s still no official comment from Meta, but I’ll be expecting one soon if these reports continue to grow.

What’s wrong with the Facebook app?

Right now, hundreds of people are reporting that the Facebook app isn’t working properly — with the most common complaint being that it simply closes when they open it.

We haven’t been able to replicate the issues here on TechRadar, but the comments on Downdetector and social media point to similar issues. Some say it simply “keeps closing down when I open it”, while other are reporting that that a pop-up box says that there’s a known bug.