diff --git a/src/app/app.module.ts b/src/app/app.module.ts
index d5f2d8b0b..c71f9bd69 100644
--- a/src/app/app.module.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.module.ts
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ import { ScanProvider } from '../providers/scan/scan';
 import { TouchIdProvider } from '../providers/touchid/touchid';
 import { TxFormatProvider } from '../providers/tx-format/tx-format';
 import { WalletProvider } from '../providers/wallet/wallet';
+import { LatestReleaseProvider } from '../providers/latestRelease/latestRelease';
 
 export function createTranslateLoader(http: Http) {
   return new TranslatePoHttpLoader(http, 'assets/i18n', '.po');
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ let providers: any = [
   TouchIdProvider,
   TxFormatProvider,
   WalletProvider,
+  LatestReleaseProvider,
   {
     provide: ErrorHandler,
     useClass: IonicErrorHandler
diff --git a/src/pages/home/home.ts b/src/pages/home/home.ts
index 48f4faab5..ef88c5a62 100644
--- a/src/pages/home/home.ts
+++ b/src/pages/home/home.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 import { NavController } from 'ionic-angular';
 import { ProfileProvider } from '../../providers/profile/profile';
+import { LatestReleaseProvider } from '../../providers/latestRelease/latestRelease';
 
 @Component({
   selector: 'page-home',
@@ -11,13 +12,20 @@ export class HomePage {
 
   constructor(
     public navCtrl: NavController,
-    private profile: ProfileProvider
+    private profile: ProfileProvider,
+    private latestRelease: LatestReleaseProvider,
   ) {
   }
 
   ionViewDidLoad() {
     console.log('ionViewDidLoad HomePage');
+
     this.wallets = this.profile.bind();
+    this.latestRelease.checkLatestRelease().then((response) => {
+      console.log('New release available: ', response);
+    }).catch((error) => {
+      console.log('Latest Release error: ', error);
+    });
     console.log('[home.ts:20]', this.wallets); //TODO
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/providers/latestRelease/latestRelease.spec.ts b/src/providers/latestRelease/latestRelease.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f47ac117a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/providers/latestRelease/latestRelease.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import { LatestReleaseProviderStub } from '../../../test-config/mocks/latestRelease';
+
+describe('Latest Release Provider', () => {
+  var currentVersion: string;
+  var latestVersion: string;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    // Using the mock => 3.3.3
+    latestVersion = LatestReleaseProviderStub.checkLatestRelease(null, null);
+  });
+
+  it('should check successfully the latest release of the app', () => {
+    expect(latestVersion).toBeDefined();
+  });
+
+  it('should check unsuccessfully the current release format of the app', () => {
+    const result = LatestReleaseProviderStub.checkLatestRelease('V.3.3.3', '3.3.3');
+    expect(result).toMatch('Cannot');
+    expect(result).toMatch('version tag');
+  });
+
+  it('should check unsuccessfully the latest release format of the app', () => {
+    const result = LatestReleaseProviderStub.checkLatestRelease('3.3.3', 'V.3.3.3');
+    expect(result).toMatch('Cannot');
+    expect(result).toMatch('release tag');
+  });
+
+  it('should compare the current and latest version of the app with the same value', () => {
+    currentVersion = '3.3.3';
+    const result = LatestReleaseProviderStub.checkLatestRelease(currentVersion, latestVersion);
+    expect(result).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+
+  it('there should be a new version available', () => {
+    currentVersion = '3.2.3';
+    const result = LatestReleaseProviderStub.checkLatestRelease(currentVersion, latestVersion);
+    expect(result).toBeTruthy();
+  });
+
+  it('there should not be a new version available', () => {
+    currentVersion = '3.3.2';
+    const result = LatestReleaseProviderStub.checkLatestRelease(currentVersion, latestVersion);
+    expect(result).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/providers/latestRelease/latestRelease.ts b/src/providers/latestRelease/latestRelease.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb437ca4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/providers/latestRelease/latestRelease.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import { Injectable } from '@angular/core';
+import { Http } from '@angular/http';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/map';
+import 'rxjs/add/operator/toPromise';
+import { AppProvider } from '../../providers/app/app';
+
+@Injectable()
+export class LatestReleaseProvider {
+  private LATEST_RELEASE_URL: string;
+  private appVersion: string;
+
+  constructor(public http: Http, private app: AppProvider) {
+    console.log('Hello LatestRelease Provider');
+    this.LATEST_RELEASE_URL = 'https://api.github.com/repos/bitpay/copay/releases/latest';
+    this.appVersion = this.app.info.version;
+  }
+
+  checkLatestRelease(): Promise<any> {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      let self = this;
+
+      self.requestLatestRelease().then((release: any) => {
+        var currentVersion = this.appVersion;
+        var latestVersion = release.tag_name;
+
+        if (!verifyTagFormat(currentVersion))
+          reject('Cannot verify the format of version tag: ' + currentVersion);
+        if (!verifyTagFormat(latestVersion))
+          reject('Cannot verify the format of latest release tag: ' + latestVersion);
+
+        var current = formatTagNumber(currentVersion);
+        var latest = formatTagNumber(latestVersion);
+
+        if (latest.major < current.major || (latest.major == current.major && latest.minor <= current.minor))
+          resolve(false);
+        else
+          resolve(true);
+
+        function verifyTagFormat(tag: string) {
+          var regex = /^v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/i;
+          return regex.exec(tag);
+        };
+
+        function formatTagNumber(tag: string) {
+          var formattedNumber = tag.replace(/^v/i, '').split('.');
+          return {
+            major: +formattedNumber[0],
+            minor: +formattedNumber[1],
+            patch: +formattedNumber[2]
+          };
+        };
+
+      }).catch((error) => {
+        console.log("Error: ", error);
+        reject(error);
+      });
+    });
+  }
+
+  requestLatestRelease(): Promise<any> {
+    return this.http.get(this.LATEST_RELEASE_URL)
+      .map((response) => response.json())
+      .toPromise()
+      .catch((error) => console.log("Error", error));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test-config/mocks/latestRelease.ts b/test-config/mocks/latestRelease.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..51eb7ed1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-config/mocks/latestRelease.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+export let LatestReleaseProviderStub = {
+  checkLatestRelease(currentVersion: string, latestVersion: string) {
+    if (!currentVersion || !latestVersion) return this.requestLatestRelease();
+
+    if (!verifyTagFormat(currentVersion))
+      return ('Cannot verify the format of version tag: ' + currentVersion);
+    if (!verifyTagFormat(latestVersion))
+      return ('Cannot verify the format of latest release tag: ' + latestVersion);
+
+    var current = formatTagNumber(currentVersion);
+    var latest = formatTagNumber(latestVersion);
+
+    if (latest.major < current.major || (latest.major == current.major && latest.minor <= current.minor))
+      return false;
+    else
+      return true;
+
+    function verifyTagFormat(tag: string) {
+      var regex = /^v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+$/i;
+      return regex.exec(tag);
+    };
+
+    function formatTagNumber(tag: string) {
+      var formattedNumber = tag.replace(/^v/i, '').split('.');
+      return {
+        major: +formattedNumber[0],
+        minor: +formattedNumber[1],
+        patch: +formattedNumber[2]
+      };
+    };
+  },
+
+  requestLatestRelease() {
+    return '3.3.3';
+  }
+}