Hi all,

We're pleased to announce our latest update to the Wikipedia Android app[1][2], rolling out as we speak to the Google Play store! Here are the highlights from this update:

* Nearby with Maps! Tap the Nearby option in the navigation menu to see an interactive map with Wikipedia articles about points of interest near you. You can also pan/zoom/rotate the map and go to any other part of the world, and see Wikipedia articles for those locations.

* In Android 6.0, highlighting a word in any other app gives the option to search for it in Wikipedia.

* Deleting your browsing history will now also clear your open tabs.

* Updated link preview design.

* A metric ton of bug- and crash fixes.[3]

Thanks to the following brave volunteers for their excellent contributions:

* Ondřej Kroupa (Sealskej / @kroupao)

* Daniel Rey (@DanReyLop)

* Dan Garry (Deskana / @danjgarry)

* Katie Filbert (Aude / @filbertkm)

* You?[4]

Cheers,

Dmitry Brant
Product Owner (Android), Mobile Apps Team
Wikimedia Foundation
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_mobile_engineering

[1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia&hl=en

[2] https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/stable/wikipedia-2.1.136-releasesprod-2015-12-09.apk

[3] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T121236

[4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_hacking