Headline: BBC Sport App Enhances User Experience with New Features
The BBC Sport app has introduced several new features to enhance the user experience for sports enthusiasts. Users can now receive live updates directly on their lock screens, following their favorite football moments without having to open the app. This feature, called Live Activities, is currently available on iOS 16 and above, while Live Updates can be accessed on Android 16 QPR2 and above.
In addition, the app allows users to track news alerts for breaking stories and match updates, providing personalized notifications for the sports and teams they care about. Users can choose from five sports, including football, cricket, Formula 1, rugby union, and rugby league, ensuring they stay informed on major events.
Also notable is the BBC Shorts section, featuring highlights, analysis, and interviews in a mobile-first vertical feed, allowing users to swipe through the latest sports stories. The improved search function enhances content discovery, helping users find specific articles and new topics of interest.
To tailor the app to individual preferences, the MySport feature enables users to follow their favorite teams and sports, compiling all relevant content in one place.
For more engagement, users have the option to sign up for newsletters that provide sporting news, coverage updates, and more recommendations from the BBC.
The BBC Sport app is available for download on both Apple and Android platforms, as well as on Amazon devices. This set of updates aims to ensure sports fans remain connected and informed, making it easier than ever to enjoy the sports they love.
Get breaking news, scores, analysis and video direct to your phone with the BBC Sport app.
Download the BBC Sport app: Apple – Android – Amazon
Follow your team or sport
Choose your sport or football club and get all the latest news, scores and analysis in one place.
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You can:
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Follow your favourite sport or team
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Get personalised news and score alerts
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Access dedicated pages packed with BBC Sport content
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Personalise your experience with MySport to get the news that matters to you
Get the latest news from your favourite team sent direct to your device.
Simply choose from the list below and then, if you are using the BBC Sport app, follow to add them to MySport and select the bell icon to sign up for that club’s notifications.
Premier League:
Arsenal | Aston Villa | Bournemouth | Brentford | Brighton & Hove Albion | Chelsea | Coventry City | Crystal Palace | Everton | Fulham | Hull City | Ipswich Town | Leeds United | Liverpool | Manchester City | Manchester United | Newcastle United | Nottingham Forest | Sunderland | Tottenham Hotspur
Scottish Premiership:
Aberdeen | Celtic | Dundee | Dundee United | Falkirk | Heart of Midlothian | Hibernian | Kilmarnock | Motherwell | Rangers | St Johnstone | St Mirren
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Championship:
Birmingham City | Blackburn Rovers | Bolton Wanderers | Bristol City | Burnley | Cardiff City | Charlton Athletic | Derby County | Lincoln City | Middlesbrough | Millwall | Norwich City | Portsmouth | Preston North End | Queens Park Rangers | Sheffield United | Southampton | Stoke City | Swansea City | Watford | West Bromwich Albion | West Ham United | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Wrexham
Sign up for notifications that suit you
Stay up to date with two types of notifications:
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News alerts for breaking news stories, analysis and the latest updates from the sports and teams you care about
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Match updates for line-ups, scores and key moments as they happen
And you can personalise your notifications to follow your favourite sport or football news – including the biggest updates, features and analysis on your Premier League, Championship and Scottish Premiership club.
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We offer notifications across five sports – football, cricket, Formula 1, rugby union and rugby league – covering every major moment.
Follow the action live on your lock screen
BBC Sport’s live match updates [BBC Sport]
You can now follow the biggest football moments from matches and events in real time, straight from your lock screen – without needing to open the BBC Sport app.
When you follow a team in the app, Live Activities and Live Updates can keep you up to date as the action happens, including goals, key moments and major match developments.
Live Activities are available on iOS 16 and above.
Live Updates are available on Android 16 QPR2 and above.
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To receive them, you’ll need to have Live Activities enabled on iOS, or Live Updates and notifications enabled on Android.
Watch BBC Shorts
Prefer to watch all the action?
BBC Shorts brings you highlights, analysis and interviews in a mobile-first vertical feed.
Just swipe for the latest stories from across the sporting world. Simply tap the icon at the bottom of your screen.
You can even make it your default experience. Simply tap the menu button in the top-right corner, select “Other”, then open “Settings”.
Prefer Home or My Sport? Nothing changes. They’ll remain available, and you can switch your default experience at any time in Settings.
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Personalise with MySport
Make the BBC Sport app truly yours with MySport.
Simply follow the sports and teams you love and click on MySport, you’ll get all your favourite things in one place.
To set up a BBC account, set up a BBC account – if you’ve already got one, you’re halfway there.
Test your knowledge
How well do you really know your favourite sports? Test your knowledge with daily quizzes.
And that’s not all, predict the scores and build streaks with our new Match of the Day Predictor game.
Match of the Day predictor [BBC Sport]
Find more with improved search
You can now find exactly what you’re looking for – and discover brand new content – with our improved search function.
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On iOS, tap the search icon, or “Search”, depending on your version.
On Android, tap “All Sport” to open search.
Stay connected on social media
BBC Sport are, of course, on Facebook. And Twitter. And Instagram. And YouTube. And TikTok.
Follow us for behind-the-scenes access and exclusive Q&As with sport stars and BBC presenters, as well as popular content such as the Wayne Rooney Show.
Newsletter
Sign up to our newsletter for sporting news, coverage updates and recommendations from across the BBC.
So what are you waiting for? Download the BBC Sport app: Apple – Android – Amazon
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