The Android team[0] is pleased to announce a new Wikipedia Android app
beta release, v2.1.137-beta-2016-01-11[1]. This revision contains the
following new functionality[2]:
- Introduced a toolbar under the lead image for quick access to share,
save, and navigate to the location of the article.
- Moved "similar pages" and "page issues" to the overflow menu.
- Reduced memory usage and out-of-memory crashes.
- Several saved page status fixes.
- Thumbnail icons for similar pages are fixed.
- Norwegian app language support is fixed.
- HTML tags are now stripped from edit summaries.
Included in this version are patches from repeat contributor Dan
Garry[3]. Great job!
You too can help make it better! Read our getting started guide[4]. We
can't wait for your contributions!
-The WMF Android team
[1] Rolling out at
[2] A complete list of changes is available at