{"id":258183,"date":"2026-05-28T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/some-android-tablets-cant-open-chrome-after-the-latest-update\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T21:45:20","slug":"some-android-tablets-cant-open-chrome-after-the-latest-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/some-android-tablets-cant-open-chrome-after-the-latest-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Android tablets can\u2019t open Chrome after the latest update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-chrome-5-window-limit-bug-3672375\/\">Some Android tablets can\u2019t open Chrome after the latest update<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-chrome-5-window-limit-bug-3672375\/\">https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-chrome-5-window-limit-bug-3672375\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-28 17:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.androidauthority.com\">www.androidauthority.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Edgar Cervantes \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chrome\u2019s recent Android update is crashing on some tablets before the browser can even open.<\/li>\n<li>Affected users see a \u201cYou can have up to 5 windows\u201d message, even when only one Chrome window is active.<\/li>\n<li>The bug appears tied to Chrome version 148.0.7778.178 and is heavily impacting Samsung tablets like the Galaxy Tab S9 FE and Tab S6 Lite.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Google\u2019s recent Chrome update appears to be turning into a headache for some Android tablet owners, and the bug is bad enough that it can completely lock users out of the browser.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few days, reports have flooded Reddit from people who suddenly can\u2019t open Chrome on their tablets (via PiunikaWeb). According to multiple reports, the browser doesn\u2019t open normally and instead flashes a message saying, \u201cYou can have up to 5 windows,\u201d then crashes back to the home screen immediately. The strange part? Many affected users say they don\u2019t even have more than one Chrome window open.<\/p>\n<p>It seems to be related to Chrome version 148.0.7778.178, with Samsung tablets being especially affected. Some of the affected devices include the Galaxy Tab S9 FE, Galaxy Tab S6 Lite, and Tab A11+, though we\u2019ve also seen Lenovo and Xiaomi tablet users report the same behavior.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t want to miss the best from Android Authority?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge light@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_light@2x.png\"\/><img class=\"e_Jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"9.375rem\" title=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png 676w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x-64w-20h.png 64w\" alt=\"google preferred source badge dark@2x\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google_preferred_source_badge_dark@2x.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Users on Reddit expressed their frustration, saying they had already tried the usual fixes, such as clearing app cache, deleting data, and restarting their devices. For many, none of it was effective.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"e_Jg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(min-width: 64rem) 51.25rem, 80vw\" title=\"Google Chrome bug 5 windows\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Google-Chrome-bug-5-windows.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Google-Chrome-bug-5-windows-40w-64h.jpeg 40w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Google-Chrome-bug-5-windows-1000w-1600h.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Google-Chrome-bug-5-windows-900w-1440h.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Google-Chrome-bug-5-windows-675w-1080h.jpeg 675w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Google-Chrome-bug-5-windows-540w-864h.jpeg 540w, https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Google-Chrome-bug-5-windows-238w-380h.jpeg 238w\" alt=\"Google Chrome bug 5 windows\" src=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Google-Chrome-bug-5-windows.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Now Google has admitted the problem publicly. A Chrome support manager replied directly to affected users in a Reddit thread, asking them to send details, including the version of Android they are on, their tablet model, the Chrome build number, and if they had any active Chrome windows running. That usually means it\u2019s gone up the internal chain. Google has marked the issue as a P1 bug, meaning it\u2019s a high-priority issue.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence so far points to Chrome\u2019s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-chrome-5-window-limit-bug-3672375\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some Android tablets can\u2019t open Chrome after the latest update https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-chrome-5-window-limit-bug-3672375\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-28 17:30:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Google-Chrome-logo-stock-photo-2.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,108,86,118],"class_list":["post-258183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-lenovo","tag-samsung","tag-xiaomi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258185,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258183\/revisions\/258185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}