Nov 18, 2010 14:26 GMT  ·  By

Angry Birds, the popular mobile game available for download for Android-based mobile phones too, has been updated with support for more handsets, which getting ready to land in a new, lightweight version in the near future.

Rovio, the company that built Angry Birds, announced officially via its website the new changes with the mobile game, while adding that they are working on enhancing the experience users receive from the application.

“With our latest update, we worked hard to bring Angry Birds to even more Android devices. Despite our efforts, we were unsuccessful in delivering optimal performance,” the company notes.

“Right now we are running even more testing and resolving all the issues we have identified. We are also looking at all of the feedback we have received, and trying to improve the ad performance.”

The mobile game publisher was specific about the fact that the application does not support those handsets which are running under custom ROMs. The complete list of supported smartphones is available below.

At the same time, the company stated that they are aware of the large number of users who cannot run the application on their devices, and said that they are working on the delivery of performance improvements for them.

The company also mentioned the upcoming availability of a lightweight version of Angry Birds for its users, one that would be supported on all Android-based mobile phones out there.

“From the beginning, we have wanted to make Angry Birds available for every feasible Android device,” the company notes.

“So far, we have hesitated to create multiple versions of Angry Birds for the Android platform. But judging by the feedback we have received, we feel that by providing a lightweight solution, we are doing a favour for our fans.”

For the time being, however, the company did not offer a specific release date for the new flavor of the game.

The list of Android-based mobile phones that can run Angry Birds at the moment includes:

Droid Eris HTC Dream HTC Hero HTC Magic/Sapphire/Mytouch 3G HTC Tattoo HTC Wildfire Huawei Ideos/U8150 LG Ally/Aloha/VS740 LG GW620/Eve Motorola Backflip/MB300 Motorola Cliq/Dext Samsung Acclaim Samsung Moment/M900 Samsung Spica/i5700 Samsung Transform Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini T-Mobile G1 T-Mobile G2