BBC News and BBC.com today announced the launch the BBC News app for Android large tablet devices for audiences all around the world. The app is available to download from Android Market. This launch follows the success of the BBC News app for Android smartphones, which has been downloaded more than three million times globally since launching in 2011.
Growing numbers of people are accessing BBC News on mobiles and tablets. In an average week, the BBC News sites and apps are visited by around 9.7m users worldwide on mobile and tablet devices, representing about 26% of the total visits to BBC News sites.
The number of people accessing BBC News on mobiles and tablets has tripled in the last year. This latest version gives an optimised experience for larger tablets – on devices running Android’s Honeycomb 3.0 operating system and above. Smaller 7.1-inch tablets will continue to receive the smartphone app.
The BBC News app on Android tablets delivers global news, business, politics, health, education, science and environment, technology and entertainment stories, as well as correspondent features and analysis. Key features of the BBC News app on Android are:
- Simple design with easy scrolling for efficient browsing in landscape and portrait
- Post stories to social networks, or share via email and SMS
- Watch or listen to the latest news headlines
- On Demand video within stories, in both 3G and wi-fi.
- Listen live to BBC World Service radio
- Personalize your home screen by adding and removing sections
- Set text size to suit your preferences
“We’re committed to bringing the depth of BBC News’ journalism to users wherever and whenever they choose to consume it and we’re so pleased to be able to make content available on an even broader range of devices,” said James Montgomery, Controller of Digital and Technology, BBC Global News.
Chris Davies, Acting MD for BBC.com says: “We’re very proud that BBC.com is the number one International News site across Asia-Pacific and EMEA and the fastest growing online news provider in the US. We understand that our audiences wish to access relevant, local and international news on an array of devices and are delighted that this now extends to Android tablet users.”
The international BBC News app for Android is supported by advertising with Lexus on-board as launch partners in the US market.
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(Source: BBC)
