The Environmental Research Group at King’s have today launched a new version of their popular LondonAir mobile app which is available now as a free download from the Android Market.

The launch comes in a week during which London is experiencing unseasonably high temperatures and pollution levels.

Last year King’s launched London’s first and only mobile air quality app designed to allow Londoners to check pollution levels across the capital using data from the London Air Quality Network’s 100+ continuous monitoring stations. The application is incredibly successful, with thousands of users signing up for the innovative pollution alert feature. This demonstrates a genuine desire from Londoners to know more about their air.

In the year since the iPhone application was launched, Google’s Android operating system has taken the smart phone world by storm and is now the most popular smart phone operating system enjoying 40% market share in the UK.

King’s have been working hard on building a version of LondonAir for Android over the last few months. A brand new version has been created from the ground up, which brings the ease of navigation and intuitive interface of the iPhone application to Android.

Application designer Andrew Grieve said, "The success of the iPhone app really demonstrated to us that there was a desire from the public to have real-time air quality information in their hand on the go . With this release we wanted to bring the design and the easy navigation of the iPhone application to Android, whilst at the same time paying attention to the design and interface of the latter. We really hope many more Londoners will now discover more about their air with this simple but powerful application."

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Item date 30/09/2011