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Chrome’s data disaster: Browser update wipes out Android app data

December 17, 2019

Google’s latest Chrome update is causing a headache for users and developers of some Android apps. Chrome 79, which is rolling out across desktop and mobile OSes, has been causing data loss for some other seemingly unrelated Android apps. Thanks to this bug, specifically on Android, updating your browser can now do something like wipe out the data in your Finance app.

The connection between Chrome and Android app data might not be obvious, but Chrome on Android isn’t always just the browser that starts up when you press on the Chrome icon.

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