Rediff.com India Limited announced the launch of its Rediff News application for Android hand-held devices. Rediff.com's Android news app can be downloaded from Google Play by visiting rediff.com/newsapp on mobile phones and tablets using the Android OS. The app offers readers quick and easy access to a rich collection of the latest stories across Rediff's News, Business, Movies, Sports, and Get Ahead sections, in a tiled interface and comes with an option to enable or disable images, and an offline mode to read all the content.

In addition, the news app provides a shortened version of reports, with a link back to Rediff.com's mobile site where the full report can be read. Readers can also share and comment on their favorite, newsworthy items via Facebook and Twitter, and via Whatsapp, sms and email. The application also has the option to refresh manually or automatically every 3 hours, 6 hours or once a day - allowing the user to personalize settings and receive stories they are interested in when they want.