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Deutsche Post DHL Group has announced version 8.0 of the “Post & DHL” app for Android and iOS. It will be delivered to users these days. Is in the Apple App Store Version 8.0 for iOS is already available here, im Google Play Store for Android then soon.
With this version 8.0 the free service letter announcement is integrated into the app. This means that customers will not only be able to track the dispatch of DHL parcels via “Consignment Tracking” as before, but will also be able to see in the new “Letter Announcement” tab in the morning which letters are on their way to their mailbox. In this context, it is emphasized that the creation of the photos of the letters in the postal sorting centers is automated and in compliance with German data protection and security standards.
As soon as version 8.0 is installed on the smartphone, users are informed in the app about the free new “Letter Announcement” service and can activate it. In the next few days, users will then receive a letter from Deutsche Post to the address stored in the app, which they can use to validate their address. Users who have already verified their address in the app in the past six months will not receive this letter.
“Previously there was the service of Letter notification for customers with a WEB.DE or GMX email address“explains Deutsche Post. This service was launched in the summer of 2020 and is already being used by over 1 million customers. Only these customers are also offered the free extra function “digital copy”, in which users can add a Received an e-mail containing a photo of the envelope and a PDF document with the contents of the letter.”
For more information on the “Letter Announcement” service, go to this page of Deutsche Post. Here, users can also register for the extended service of postal announcements by e-mail at GMX and Web.de. (PC world)