Android 15 Developer Preview 1 is locking an important working component of the Android System WebView into memory. This will prevent the Android system from killing the process and restarting it ...

Following Android users worldwide experiencing repeated app crashes last month, Google today released an explanation behind what went wrong and how future WebView problems will be remedied. This ...

Android System WebView allows apps to display web-based content without taking you to a full-fledged web browser like Google Chrome. You should not disable the app as it will likely lead to system ...

Then, in Android 8, the WebView renderer was changed to run in an isolated process, which meant it had limited access to resources. The problem is that there are so many moving parts for WebView.

PARIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 23: In this photo illustration, the logos of the applications, Google Maps, Google and Gmail are displayed on the screen of a tablet on October 23, 2018 in Paris, France.

Assuming you still have those versions of Android running on your phone, here’s what you can do to disable System WebView. First, go to Settings > Apps/Application > More > Show system.Next ...

The company also provided a fix for rare cases on Android 10 or 11 where a manual update of WebView or Chrome “may fail to complete.” Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Google Play Store ...

Android 9.0 Pie and under rely on Google Chrome to handle webpages, and you may actually notice significant improvements in performance and battery life if you disable WebView.