New Features Added to Zillow iPhone App
By: Rebekah Bastian, Senior Program Manager | June 17, 2009
Exciting news from Zillow mobile land… we just launched V2 of the Zillow iPhone App! This new version was motivated by two things: user feedback on our V1 Zillow iPhone App, and the opportunity to launch with the new iPhone OS 3.0.
The most-requested features we heard in our app reviews were:
- Filter search results by beds, baths, price, and status
- Save searches
- Save favorite homes
You asked and we responded… those features are all available now. And on top of that, we have taken advantage of the cool, new Push Notification technology that Apple just released. Now, when new homes are added that match your saved search criteria, you will see a numbered badge on your Zillow iPhone App icon indicating how many new results have come in. Then, you can launch the Zillow iPhone App to see those new results in your Favorites tab. We think it’s pretty handy!
If you already enjoy viewing information on almost 90 million homes using the V1 Zillow iPhone App, go update to V2 (in your “Updates” tab in the app store) and take advantage of this new functionality (you’ll also want to make sure you update your iPhone software to the new OS 3.0). And if you’re not one of the 400,000+ people who has discovered the usefulness of the Zillow iPhone App, go download the Zillow iPhone App today!
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Zillow Updates iPhone App For New 3.0 OS Update | GeekEstate Blog - Real Estate Technology News and Analysis for Real Estate Professionals on June 17, 2009 3:55 pm
[...] Zillow announced today that they have updated their recently released iPhone app. This comes very shortly on the heels of the much anticipated 3.0 upgrade to the iPhone operating system. According to the Zillow press release the most requested feature from the App’s user reviews included the ability to save searches, listing favorites and the ability to filter search results by beds, baths, status on market and price. All of these have been addressed in the update. One of the things I love about iPhone apps are developers that use the “Push” ability to show notifications directly on the “badge” (appliction button). For instance, the email program shows how many new and unread messages you have, or my TTD app will show how many outstanding things I need to do (I am testing the limits of that feature to be sure). Zillow has done the same to show how many new homes are listed that match your criteria. How cool is that? You can just glance at your phone to see if anything has changed, without the need to open the app and check the status. It sounds so simple, but it’s one of those simple touches that just seems to make things so much easier. We can finally start calling some of the devices “smart phones”. That’s a beautiful thing given the investment I have made in dumb devices over the years :). [...]
Acre on June 17, 2009 5:43 pm
The Zillow iPhone App is terrific. I’m having a bit of difficulty updating to OS 3.0. Apple is being overloaded with people trying to download the upgrade. Looking forward to trying out the new Zillow v2 features.
Zillow iPhone App Gets Upgrade | Property Portal Watch on June 17, 2009 9:15 pm
[...] OS 3.0, Zillow have issued version 2 of the Zillow iPhone app. Writing on the company’s blog, senior program manager Rebecca Bastian [...]
Beverly Kahler on June 18, 2009 4:42 am
I upgraded IPhone to 3.0 yesterday and already have Zillow on my APPS, but it is not telling me you have any updates. I uninstalled and re-installed and it is still the old version. Help!
Ivan on June 27, 2009 3:37 pm
Cool!!! . I will upgrade my IPhone right now.
Ajay Mehta on July 8, 2009 11:36 am
The new updates are amazing. Faster and more fully featured. Love it .
los angeles website design on August 13, 2009 7:57 pm
I love my Zillow iPhone App. I must read reviews about this new features. Love the idea. Thanks!
Karenmobile on August 28, 2009 7:24 am
I love my iphone app