Multiple apps intermittently crashing to home screen on TWO different Google TV devices
I've been having an intermittent problem with apps crashing on my Google TV for several weeks now.
Originally I thought my TCL Android TV 12 was faulty, but I've now discovered that a completely separate 4K Google TV box connected to another TV in the house has exactly the same problem.
Apps affected so far:
YouTube: crashes to home screen
SmartTube: crashes to home screen, often during playback
Spotify: crashes, sometimes immediately after opening
TCL Channel: crashes
Apps that seem to work normally:
NPO Start
Rakuten TV
Kodi
There is no error message or black screen. The app simply disappears and I'm instantly back at the Google TV home screen.
On the TCL I've tried force stopping apps, clearing caches, restarting, and installing the latest available system update. It has about 18 GB of free storage. Completely unplugging the TV has temporarily fixed the problem before, but it eventually comes back.
The crashes happen occasionally rather than constantly. Sometimes everything works normally for days.
The interesting part is that my separate 4K Google TV box has now shown the same behavior. Both devices are on the same home network.
Has anyone else experienced this on multiple Google TV / Android TV devices?
I'm wondering about Google Play Services, another shared Android component, or possibly something network related. I'm particularly interested in reports from people who have seen the same thing on different hardware.