On Friday, Spotify’s official Spotify Status account on Twitter said that the company is investigating an issue, with no further details disclosed. Many users responded, with some claiming their app is crashing on open, even after a re-install.

Something’s out of tune. We’re currently investigating, and we’ll keep you posted here!

— Spotify Status (@SpotifyStatus) July 10, 2020

Viber’s official Twitter account posted a similar message Friday, claiming that “thousands of apps in the world including Viber are down on iOS and iPhone” due to a “technical problem.” Read more…

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