ZDFheute is an Android app developed by ZDFonline (ZDF Straße 1 55100 Mainz). Others apps created by ZDFonline are: 3sat, ZDF, ZDFtivi.

ZDFheute first became available on 28 Feb 2013. It is estimated that ZDFheute has been downloaded between 1000000 and 5000000 times from the Play Store.

ZDFheute 2.9 requires the following permissions:

Allows applications to access information about networks.

Allows applications to open network sockets.

Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.