Yahoo confirms purchase of Aviate app
Just a few hours ago there was a presentation by Yahoo during the electronics fair CES 2014 being held in Las Vegas A space where the head of this company, Marissa Mayer, has presented some of its new features, such as the Yahoo News Digest application, in addition to confirming other movements. Among them is the confirmation of the purchase of AviateA curious tool for Android devices capable of changing its appearance and tools depending on the time of day.
This has also been made known through the official blog of Yahoo, where they explain and comment on this decision. And it seems that in Aviate they have seen their vision reflected by simple and intelligent experiences A curious tool that helps the user find the most common applications according to certain times of day and environments. A good way to save time and make your smartphone a useful tool and not a device to waste time with.
This is an application that modifies the appearance of the terminal In other words, a launcher The key is that it is an intelligent tool, capable of detecting the user's location and modifying the information and applications that are displayed on the screen This reduces the search time for a sports application when the user arrives at the gym, for example. Thus, Aviate would display information related to that environment and would place sports applications first for find them with a single glance. And so with the different habits and environments of the user.
For the moment Yahoo is pleased with the acquisition, stating that they will work to make this tool one of the core experiences on the Android platform in 2014. All of this following the company's vision to inspire daily habits through customizable products, beautiful and innovative, according to their own words.A policy that the application Aviate seems to share and that has been the key to its acquisition.
However, the development of this tool is not yet complete. In fact, it is in private beta phase That is, in the testing phase under a select number of users who are testing its features and functions to fix any bugs or failure before its official release for all users. However, Yahoo wants to celebrate its acquisition by giving option to another 25,000 users who want to make use of this tool and try it. Simply download it from Google Play and enter the code YAHOO to access it. At the moment it is not known if the application will change its name or will only come under the control of Yahoo They only urge us to remain pending during this year 2014 to see what is to come in the coming months.Without a doubt, this company has decided to make a big move.
