- After the latest update, the T Life and T-Mobile app are now functionality the same.
- Even the general UI, feature tour, and setup wizard are identical.
- Reportedly, T-Mobile always planned to consolidate everything under one roof and according to an employee on Reddit, the T-Mobile app will eventually be retired in favor of the newer T Life app.
T-Mobile rebranded its popular T-Mobile Tuesdays app earlier this year with the introduction of T Life. Initially, T Life worked just like the original T-Mobile Tuesdays app, but after the latest update you’ll find the T Life and T-Mobile apps have essentially the same UI and feature set. As first spotted by Android Police, both apps are now on version 10.0 and there’s even the same setup wizard and feature tour.
It might seem odd that T-Mobile would provide nearly identical app experiences in two different packages, but odds are the company felt two apps were redundant. According to a T-Mobile employee who goes by the name JMiKey on Reddit, the plan was always to consolidate everything under one roof with T Life being the one central app for all things, including home internet, discounts, plan settings, and much more. For now, the company is supposedly just unifying the two apps so customers don’t have to make an immediate change.