{"id":96592,"date":"2025-10-23T13:52:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/96592\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T13:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T13:52:07","slug":"the-pixel-camera-app-is-crashing-on-de-googled-android-phones-thanks-to-a-new-font","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/96592\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pixel Camera app is crashing on de-Googled Android phones thanks to a new font."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted Oct 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>The Pixel Camera app is crashing on de-Googled Android phones thanks to a new font.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1ymtmqpi _17nnmdy1 _17nnmdy0 _1xwtict1\">The issue is caused by a font in the latest update to the app (version 10.x) that\u2019s only available through Google Play Services. 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