--- title: Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization description: A sponsored Business Lab podcast transcript features Bupa's health insurance CIO Asifa Sherazi and Infosys's Sanjeev Tripathi discussing the migration of... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/making-the-ai-powered-case-for-legacy-modernization-om0qqdhie twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization | daily.dev og:description: A sponsored Business Lab podcast transcript features Bupa's health insurance CIO Asifa Sherazi and Infosys's Sanjeev Tripathi discussing the migration of... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/making-the-ai-powered-case-for-legacy-modernization-om0qqdhie og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/om0qqdHie.png og:image:alt: Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization **[MIT Technology Review](https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview)** · 25 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A sponsored Business Lab podcast transcript features Bupa's health insurance CIO Asifa Sherazi and Infosys's Sanjeev Tripathi discussing the migration of Bupa's My Bupa mobile app from Xamarin to native Swift and Kotlin. AI-assisted reverse and forward engineering reportedly cut delivery time by about 60%, improving app store ratings from 3.7 to 4.7, reducing crash rates, and doubling Android login success. The conversation frames modernization as a business transformation enabled by AI, touching on talent scarcity, change management, and future plans around agentic AI and personalization. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did Bupa migrate its My Bupa app away from Xamarin? Microsoft ended support for Xamarin around 2024, leaving Bupa reliant on extended support as a temporary bridge rather than a long-term solution. The shrinking talent pool for Xamarin, rising security and compliance risk from lacking vendor updates, and loss of control over release timing against iOS and Android platform changes drove the decision to move to native Swift and Kotlin. _Teams weighing when to leave an end-of-life framework can track similar migration stories on daily.dev._ ### What results did Bupa see after migrating its app from Xamarin to native Swift and Kotlin? App store rating rose from 3.7 to 4.7, user-perceived crash rate fell nearly 24 percentage points on Android and 8 points on iOS, and Android login success per visit rose to 77%. The team hit 100% feature parity in a single release, moved 90% of active users to the new version, and delivered the project in seven months instead of an estimated 18, aided by AI-assisted reverse and forward engineering that cut delivery time by roughly 60%. _Developers scoping a native rewrite can compare similar migration outcomes and timelines on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [AI accelerates modernization, but don’t leave human devs behind](https://daily.dev/posts/ai-accelerates-modernization-but-don-t-leave-human-devs-behind-rhzjc2nis) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Learnings from COBOL modernization in the real world](https://daily.dev/posts/learnings-from-cobol-modernization-in-the-real-world-kkthn95tr) · AWS · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#xamarin](https://daily.dev/tags/xamarin) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/making-the-ai-powered-case-for-legacy-modernization-om0qqdhie) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/making-the-ai-powered-case-for-legacy-modernization-om0qqdhie","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/making-the-ai-powered-case-for-legacy-modernization-om0qqdhie"},"datePublished":"2026-09-01T14:12:57.566Z","dateModified":"2026-09-01T14:13:24.408Z","description":"A sponsored Business Lab podcast transcript features Bupa's health insurance CIO Asifa Sherazi and Infosys's Sanjeev Tripathi discussing the migration of...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9f8d127a77a852ffb0dceabb945e361d?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9f8d127a77a852ffb0dceabb945e361d?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"MIT Technology Review","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"MIT Technology Review","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/a8d03889722f4f22b3986e0b395ff076","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/making-the-ai-powered-case-for-legacy-modernization-om0qqdhie","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"mobile,ai-coding,xamarin","timeRequired":"PT25M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"MIT Technology Review","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/technologyreview"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Making the AI-powered case for legacy modernization"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/making-the-ai-powered-case-for-legacy-modernization-om0qqdhie#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why did Bupa migrate its My Bupa app away from Xamarin?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Microsoft ended support for Xamarin around 2024, leaving Bupa reliant on extended support as a temporary bridge rather than a long-term solution. 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