Apple has also recognized the incredible work from our iOS team and is heavily promoting the Wikipedia app in their App Stores. Here are some screenshots from two separate collections: "Do More on Your Lock Screen" and "Enhanced for 3D Touch". We expect this to be a major driver in awareness and new downloads.
Congrats iOS team!
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 9:00 PM, Joshua Minor jminor@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hello mobile Wikimedians,
A new version of the Wikipedia app for iOS was released to the App Store[1] this morning, alongside Apple's iOS 10 update. This version includes a number of iOS 10 compatibility features and improvements. We strongly recommend that users who have updated their OS also update to this version.
This version includes:
- Today widgets for iOS 10[2]. To add the Wikipedia widgets, go to the
Today screen by swiping right on your lock screen. Then scroll down, tap Edit and then tap the green pluses next to our icons. We've added two widgets:
- Continue Reading - Readers can now pick up exactly where they stopped reading an article.
language Wikipedia.
- Top Read - You can now see the top-read articles in your primary
- Spotlight continuation: type a search in Spotlight, then see the
results in the app.
- Fix for Wikipedia Zero to help ensure users know when they are on a
Zero network.
- Fix an issue where the previously open article could be lost between
sessions.
- Other small bug and crash fixes.
Thanks, Josh Minor PM, Wikipedia app for iOS
[1] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia/id324715238?mt=8 [2] http://www.macrumors.com/how-to/ios-10-lock-screen/
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