Football fans the winners as signal-boosting app heads to more stadiums

An official tie-in with the Football League also means latest scores from around the grounds are supplied by Opta, plus there’s the usual travel info and Twitter feeds.

The iOS version of its previous incarnation – the Brighton-only Digital Stadium– used Apple’s Game API to communicate between phones, but the new version operates more like its Android sibling: it makes use of the iPhone’s Multipeer Connectivity tech to send data over Bluetooth and Wi-Fi Direct (aka AirDrop) or local networks, rather than having to rely on 3G signals or an internet connection, much like FireChat does to exchange messages with other nearby users.

The Albion, the Seagulls-specific version of the app, is available now (and will even work at away games), along with Hornets Hive for Watford fans, Blues Hive for Brummies and the less imaginatively titled Queens Park Rangers and Bolton Wanderers apps for use at Loftus Road and the Trotters’ newly renamed Macron Stadium respectively. Middlesbrough’s version of the app is scheduled for release later this week. 

Fancy checking the apps out in time for the new season? You can download the Android versions here and the iOS versions here.

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