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Original story (published on March 25, 2022) follows:
Twitch is one of the most popular live-streaming platforms. It allows streamers to directly interact with their followers during streaming sessions.
You can access Twitch through a web browser or dedicated apps. Twitch app is available for multiple platforms, including Fire TV and consoles.
In recent days, many users have been facing an issue where Twitch app is crashing on Fire TV, Xbox and PlayStation consoles. The company had submitted an alleged fix for it, but the app is still crashing.
Twitch app crashing on Fire TV, Xbox and PlayStation consoles
According to multiple reports, the Twitch app crashing issue occurs when trying to enter the app or a few seconds after uploading a preview to a channel you follow (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8).
Many of the related reports come from console users. But, there are also many Fire TV users affected by the Twitch app crashing issue.
Tried to launch twitch on Xbox series and it opens, shows preview of live followed channel for about 2 seconds and then closes. I tried to launch twitch app on Android smart tv and the exact same problem. Source
Twitch team is aware, potential workaround for PS5
The issue originally surfaced on March 21 (1, 2, 3, 4, 5). However, the company deployed a fix shortly after these reports emerged.
But, more reports of the Twitch app crashing issue continue to surface to this day.
So, Twitch posted a new official acknowledgment of the issue. Currently the company is working on a fix, but there is no ETA for it yet.
In the meantime, there is a workaround for PS5 that could help avoid the crash. Basically it consists of searching for your favorite channels by hovering over the app, avoiding accessing the Twitch app main screen.
From there, u can choose browse and search at the top and watch whatever u want. But, any time u go on the twitch home page it’ll crash. Source
I’m sorry your “Twitch” app crashes on your Fire TV Cube. I’ve reported this issue to our technical team, and they’re researching the issue further.
We will update this story once new details emerge on the subject. Source
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