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Decommission of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News App v2

Neil McAlpine

Software Engineering Manager, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ D&E

Three years ago, we launched a new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News app in the UK and internationally which gives you a more personalised news experience on mobiles and tablets.

Behind the scenes, the new app was one element of a technical project to move Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News services onto a cloud infrastructure, as part of our effort to deliver the best value for money.

We have been running the old app for Kindle Fire devices in parallel in the Amazon Kindle Store, but now, because the technology on which that old app is based is part of a legacy system, we are no longer able to support it.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ is retiring this technology, which means the old app will no longer be supported, from the 25th of May you will no longer be able to download the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News app from the Amazon Kindle Store.

We are also ending support for the older version of the app across iOS and Android. In the following weeks any existing installations on these devices will stop updating with new content.

For those of you that haven’t downloaded the latest app, it’s available for Apple devices running iOS 9.0 and above and Android devices running 4.1 and above. In the UK, it can be downloaded from the  and  respectively.

Since we launched the new app in 2015, we have continued to develop it - introducing notification features, building experiences for vertical video - optimised for watching on your mobile - and providing quicker access to interactive content and long-read articles.

The app also provides better access to a broader range of content than the previous version, including local news. It has lists of most read and most viewed content across Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News and improved photo galleries and video playback – letting us surface much more of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News’ video content. For the first time, the app can also be personalised – with a ‘My News’ section, highlighting news topics and stories you want to follow.

If your device is not supported and you can’t download the app, please go to .

Outside the UK, you can download the new app from the  and , or go to .

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