Yahoo Inc. is not stopping to expand its business on different platforms. According to sources, it is believed that the company has finally launched its app for Apple’s smart watch. The internet giant has designed four free apps for the Apple Watch, which it unveiled in Taiwan a few days ago. These four new apps include Yahoo News Hong Kong, Yahoo News Digest, Yahoo Weather, and Yahoo Sports Fantasy. All of these apps were developed in quite a simplified version so that they are compatible with the Apple Watch.
Yahoo seeks to make user experience better and it further hopes to provide an engaging and healthy user experience through these four apps. The senior director of product management at Yahoo, Fernando Delgado, stated that Apple Watch is one of the important platforms that have further motivated the company to believe and reimagine working on mobile services. He added in the press in Taipei that Apple Watch has made the company ponder over how to incorporate innovation in mobile technology.
It is believed that the senior director of product management says that he will be utilizing all the feedback from the users in order to make appropriate changes in the next edition of these apps that the company also plans to launch worldwide, including Taiwan.
According to BidnessETC, “Yahoo’s apps look to provide different types of information to users. Yahoo Weather provides morning updates and weather forecasts, and notifies users through the Apple Watch’s Glance feature. Users can use the Yahoo Sports Fantasy app to check what is happening in their leagues, and make changes in their team lineups. Yahoo News Digest updates users about the most important story of the hour.”
The users of Apple Watch, who are living in Hong Kong, can use the Yahoo News Hong Kong app in order to stay updated with all the breaking news and happenings, including top ten headlines of the hour. It is believed that the internet giant’s entry once again in the market of apps for smart watches is in line with its strategy of ‘mobile first’.
So far, it is believed that the strategy is working for the company. According to sources, Yahoo managed to generate GAAP revenue of nearly 61% year-on-year and brought it up to $234 million.
Apple Watch will be available to the masses in Taiwan on June 26. The manufacturer has not yet disclosed the prices but it is expected to come in all three versions.
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