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It turned out that a recent Android System WebView update made it unstable, causing all apps associated with it to crash. Android WebView is a utility that developers can use to display webpages inside the app, without having to open a new browser window. Just about every Android app uses WebView in some capacity.
How to fix the random Android app crashes
However, Google has rolled out a fix for the issue. You can download the updated version of Android System WebView and Google Chrome from the Google Play Store now to fix the random app crashes right away.
To be clear, while the problem appeared to be quite widespread, not all Android users seemed to be affected by it. Hopefully the problem will not crop up again with future updates.