Hello mobile Wikimedians,

A major update to the Wikipedia app for iOS is now available in the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wikipedia/id324715238?mt=8

Version 5.3.0 includes a long list of improvements and new features, including:

Get rich notifications about topics Trending In the News
Improved VoiceOver support for the visually impaired and VoiceOver support added to widgets
支援簡繁中文自動轉換 / 支持简繁中文自动转换
Support for auto transliteration between Simplified and Traditional Chinese for Chinese Wikipedia
Switch to RESTBase endpoint for the Explore feed, resulting in faster load times with less network bandwidth
Improved Random article experience to make it easier to fall down the rabbit hole
Use 3d touch actions to save and share links from anywhere in the app
Support for Top Read and Continue Reading widgets on iOS 9
Show more precise licensing information in image galleries
Improved presentation of references and citations

We had a lot of help on this version, with major props to the Android and Services teams for their work creating the new Explore feed API. It rocks!

And, as always, huge thanks to the volunteers who contributed code or testing help (and especially the crew that came in person to our Accessibility hack day). Contributors in this version included: digdog, josve05a, anirudh24, kotarofujita, amire80, dmcglinchey2779 and eyeino

Thanks,

Josh Minor

PM, Wikipedia app for iOS