Vatican Radio’s app for Android devices

(September 08, 2012) Vatican Radio is offering a strong multimedia content through an application it has devised for Android based smartphones and devices.. News, editorials, live videos, web text and audio channels can all be accessed with this app that also lets the user follow the Pope’s activities in real time. The free app that can be downloaded from Google Play or from Vatican Radio's website, is initially available in English and Italian. The application opens onto the Agenda of the Pope’s public appointments. A system called Vatican TIC, created by Vatican Radio, lets the user access all the text and audio content associated with each event. The Agenda tells you in real time about papal celebrations broadcast live and produced in collaboration with the Vatican Television Centre. The Android app also offers a news service that includes the latest information concerning the Church and the World, broadcast by Vatican Radio’s news programmes. The Radio section contains five audio channels corresponding to the network of over 70 daily programmes in 40 languages produced by Vatican Radio. The same channels are used for FM, AM, Short Wave and Satellite broadcasts.
The papal Agenda and News functions of this App run on Android 2.3 and higher. The Android 3.0 or higher is needed to access the Radio function and audio streaming channels. An Android 4.0 or higher is required to view the video streaming of the live broadcasts. Vatican Radio is also planning apps for Iphone/Ipad and Windows Phone.