{"id":300713,"date":"2026-02-16T10:08:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/300713\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T10:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:08:23","slug":"mygov-app-downloads-soar-200-reach-1-57-mil-new-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/300713\/","title":{"rendered":"MyGOV app downloads soar 200%, reach 1.57 mil new users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): Downloads of the MyGOV app have soared 200%, hitting 1.57 million new users as of Wednesday (Feb 11), up from just 437,000 in December.<\/p>\n<p>Digital Minister Gobind Singh Deo said the surge reflects strong uptake among Malaysians, with the app now offering 44 services across 16 government agencies.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that the rise in downloads was also driven by announcements about features that allow users to check the status of Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah and unclaimed funds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe integration of additional services will continue in phases, prioritising high-impact, widely used public services, including app\u00a0and payment features.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis year, over 30 new services are set to be added to the MyGOV app,\u201d he said during Ministerial Question Time in Parliament on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Gobind was responding to a question from Tan Hong Pin (PH-Bakri) on whether the government intends to create a super app to consolidate all government transactions, replacing the various individual apps currently used by different agencies.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a question about the cost of developing MyGOV, Gobind explained that the platform was developed in-house by government experts using existing platforms and infrastructure under current initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>For more\u00a0Parliament\u00a0stories, click\u00a0<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theedgemalaysia.com\/flash-categories\/parliament&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1770286256332000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3fQoP1KFUet2XQiEDxmbdR\" href=\"https:\/\/theedgemalaysia.com\/flash-categories\/parliament\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Uploaded by Liza Shireen Koshy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 12): Downloads of the MyGOV app have soared 200%, hitting 1.57 million new users as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":300714,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[61,60,202,80],"class_list":["post-300713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}