# App constantly crashes Android 8.0

**URL:** <https://forums.wyze.com/t/app-constantly-crashes-android-8-0/37594>\
**Category:** Services & Integrations\
**Tags:** android\
**Created:** [June 4, 2019, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/app-constantly-crashes-android-8-0/37594 "2019-06-04T18:07:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![HDRock](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/hdrock/32/11309_2.png) [@HDRock](https://forums.wyze.com/u/HDRock)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/app-constantly-crashes-android-8-0/37594/12 "2019-10-12T21:40:03Z")

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The latest app update \*\*Android V2.5.36 (Release date: October 8, 2019)\*\*doesn’t have a hardware decoder button to turn it on or off

> [@Why was Android hardware decoding removed?](https://forums.wyze.com/t/why-was-android-hardware-decoding-removed/52585):
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> I am writing to ask why Android hardware decoding was removed? Was it intentional? If so, I will be returning my 12 cameras which are now for all practical purposes unusable. Don’t think I will pay extra for that. I won’t. Put it back WYZE.

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