The app was crashing instantly on a family member’s phone, and looking up the problem got me a lot of recent posts about the issue.
Fix:
- Go to the play store and find the app, either by searching for it, using the
installed appslist, or this link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps - It should have a button for “Uninstall”, with a note about only uninstalling updates as it is a system app
- Select uninstall, and then open the app
You may also need to disable automatic updates for the app until this gets fixed.
- Repeat the first step to open the app page
- Tap the 3 dot menu
- Uncheck “Enable Auto Update”
If you are still experiencing issues, consider using Organic Mapsin the meantime😀Made the switch a few weeks ago after learning about it here, and I don’t think I could ever go back to Google Maps. Street and satellite view are nice, but I am quickly realizing how much I don’t really need them (if OM has sat view, I haven’t found the option to enable/download those layers). It’s just so nice that the actual map part of the software is the focus rather than all the clutter Google’s thrown into theirs
The only thing I wished worked with it is Android Auto. I tried developer options and everything, it refuses to run in the car, at least the F-Droid version.
They haven’t implemented it yet. And probably won’t. It has been years coming soon.