Forty Percent of Houzz’s 10 Million Monthly Users Now Remodeling Their Homes via Mobile Devices

Company Introduces Android App and New Local Features in its 5-Star Rated iPad/iPhone App in Response to Record Mobile Growth

PALO ALTO, CA (PRWEB) December 19, 2012

At Houzz we are using technology to put everything you need for renovating a home at your fingertips, said Alon Cohen, President and co-founder of Houzz. We succeed when we give people the tools they need wherever and whenever they want them. To have 4 million people using Houzz from a mobile device each month to find remodeling inspiration, research the best professionals, and discover innovative products means we are at an historical turning point for an industry previously underserved by web technologies.

Mobile Use

Houzz mobile activity highlights:

The App

The Houzz app is the #1 home design app on the iPad and is the highest rated app in the iTunes stores lifestyle category, with more than 64,000 reviews averaging 5-stars. The new features include the addition of Discussions to the app, where mobile users can post their design dilemmas and get help from the community, and the ability to add photos to an ideabook or discussions directly from the camera or camera roll. Houzz is also adding localized searches for home improvement professionals a feature that will be released in the next version of the app expected to be available at the end of the month.

Houzz is also releasing an Android app to better support Android users who have become a significant percentage of mobile Houzz users.

Houzz mobile users include both consumers and home professionals who use the app as a key communication and collaboration tool at home, in showrooms and on the job site.

Professionals:

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Forty Percent of Houzz’s 10 Million Monthly Users Now Remodeling Their Homes via Mobile Devices