T-Mobile has taken its time to kill the over 12-year-old legacy app. After the introduction of T Life early last year, the company began giving it the same features as the T-Mobile app. Ultimately, the two started looking identical. After that, T-Mobile started encouraging its users to give up the old app and embrace the new one.
Finally, earlier this year, it outright blocked some users from using the old app. The company has now shut down the app, telling users that a new version is available and requesting them to download T Life.
The T-Mobile app no longer works. | Image Credits – Deceptiveideas, Reddit user
How this differs from earlier warnings and false scares is that the app is non-functional now. There’s no way to continue using it any longer.
If had been holding on to the T-Mobile app until now, it’s nothing more than a useless icon on your smartphone. If you haven’t downloaded T Life already, you cannot put off installing it any longer.
Otherwise, you will have difficulty managing your account and claiming T-Mobile Tuesdays freebies. You will be forced to do things the conventional way by visiting a physical store. And with T-Mobile reportedly planning to reduce its footprint, insisting on the offline approach might not be a sustainable idea.While many users have expressed dissatisfaction with T Life, 50 million customers have downloaded it already, which exceeds the goal T-Mobile had set. T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert recently revealed that engagement on its flagship digital platform is also incredible, meaning most people are getting on with their T Life and are already over the T-Mobile app.
So while the T-Mobile app will certainly be missed, you cannot spend any more time pining for it. T-Mobile has gone all in on T Life and there’s no going back.
