The Android team[0] is happy to announce a new Wikipedia Android app

beta release, v2.1.135-beta-2015-12-03[1]. This revision contains the

following new functionality and bug fixes[2]:

* Enable title thumbnails and locations for link previews. Tap "get

directions" in a link preview to launch your navigation app

* Significant upgrades to Nearby map and UI

* Add Wikipedia to the system text selection menu where available

* Clear tabs when clearing history

* Fix rare bug causing tabs to be lost or app to crash

* Fix titles with spaces not recognized as saved

* Fix web requests for certain system languages

* Fix sporadic crash on pages with images

Included in this version are patches from Ondřej Kroupa[3] and repeat

contributors Daniel Rey[4] and Dan Garry[5]. Very nice work!

You too can help make it better! Read our getting started guide[6]. We

can't wait for your contributions!

-The WMF Android team

[1] Rolling out at

[2] A complete list of changes is available at