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On Monday night a tweet from a BBC employee announced the launch of official BBC iPlayer apps for both the iPad and Android (but who cares about the former!). It stated that they would be out by the end of this week and it has been speculated that they may even be released tomorrow!
Unfortunately for some users, the Android app will require at least Android 2.2 and Adobe Flash Player 10.1 – just as is required for the Android-specific mobile browser-based version of the service
The BBC says that both the iPad and Android apps will allow you to:
- Watch live TV and listen to radio (not previously widely available on mobile devices)
- Access the BBC’s full catalogue of catch-up programmes; seven-days’ TV and radio on demand as well as series stacking (as you get on the web)
- A simple and intuitive design with high picture quality and personalised favourites (making the most of the touch-screen UI, and a popular feature on the website)
Personally I’m just happy the BBC are finally starting to pay Android some attention! For a while now they have had many apps in the iOS app store but this will be their first official offering for Android (excluding their recently released iPlayer mobile site for Android which is not an actual app).
