BBC iPlayer app updated with new UI, higher quality video and Android 4.2 support

Also BBC Media Player improvements, including background audio playback Yesterday the BBC detailed exactly what it's planning to do with its iPlayer app for Android over the next few months, highlighting the importance of tablet support, feature parity with iOS and improved video quality. Now it seems the first of those improvements have arrived, as the Beeb is now pushing out an update to version 1.5.0.666 of the TV and radio streaming app. New features include better video quality over Wifi...