Hi everyone,
There is now an additional way to browse Wikipedia in India! We are happy
to confirm that the Wikipedia app is available on the top 3 mobile phone
operating system platforms in India - Android, iOS and newly KaiOS, which
is provided through Jiophones [1]. Jiophone users can download and install
the Wikipedia app on the JioStore.
This first release is focused on how to make it easier to read Wikipedia on
a phone that does not have a touch screen. The platform supports over 100
languages for reading, and we appreciate that volunteers have fully
translated the Wikipedia app user interface into five Indian languages so
far: Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Odia, and Punjabi. The app will continue to
have updates and reach more countries over time.
If you (or someone you know) own a Jiophone, please give the app a try by
downloading it from the JioStore. We would like to hear about your
experience with it. Let us know about issues or bugs through the in-app
feedback feature, through the project talk page [2], or through Phabricator
[3].
To enable the app to reach readers in even more Indian languages, we would
greatly appreciate additional translations of the user interface on
Translatewiki.net [4].
To know more about the app and our work, and why we believe this project is
so important to help us reach new users, you can see the main page for the
app [5] and the Questions and Answers page [6]. We welcome your comments,
suggestions, and feedback on the related talk page [2].
Lastly, please, do share this message on other venues of interest for
community members in India.
Kind regards,
Angie Muigai, Lead Product Manager
Runa Bhattacharjee, Engineering Director
(on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation Inuka team[7])
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jio#JioPhone
[2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia_for_KaiOS
[3]
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/edit/form/1/?tags=kaios-wi…
[4]
https://translatewiki.net/w/i.php?title=Special:MessageGroupStats&group…
[5]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_KaiOS
[6]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia_for_KaiOS/FAQ
[7]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Inuka_team
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best regards,
Runa Bhattacharjee (she/her)
Director Engineering, Language and Inuka
Wikimedia Foundation