BBC iPlayer Android app updated for offline viewing These include the Amazon Kindle 8.9, the Asus Nexus 7 i and ii, the HTC One, the LG Nexus 4, the Samsung Galaxy S2, S3 and S4, the 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab 2, the Samsung Google Nexus 10 and the Sony Xperia Z. "70 per cent of Android app users with compatible devices will be able to use this functionality from today - and over the coming months we will be extending this to include new Android devices as well as some older ones," said David Berlin,senior product manager for TV & iPlayer Mobile Applications at BBC Future Media. We appreciate the frustration the Android community has been experiencing in the time it has taken to deliver this desired feature, and I'm very pleased that we've now been able to deliver it. The BBC has faced vehement criticism from Android users since it added video downloads to the iOS iPlayer app in September 2012. At the time, the BBC blamed "the security obligations we had agreed with our rights holders." Berlin said that Android uasers now have one feature that iOS users don't have - they can download programmes while doing other things, which is not currently possible on iOS devices. Downloads on tablets will be High Quality by default, but users have the option to switch between Standard and High Quality downloads in the BBC iPlayer app Settings, to vary the download time and picture quality on phones or tablets.