Wikipedia Android app, now with interactive map, named a Best App of 2015

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Have you downloaded the Wikipedia Android app yet? You should. Google has just called it a “Best App of 2015,” featuring the app in the Google Play Stores of Russia, India, Mexico, Japan, and Indonesia.

A screenshot of the Wikipedia Android app, showing the capabilities of the Wikimedia Maps service. Screenshot by Dmitry Brant, freely licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The entire Android team at the Wikimedia Foundation is thrilled about this recognition. We hope it helps people around the world engage more with free knowledge. And like everything we do, it’s free to download and use.
We work hard to build an app that is easy and fun to use, while bringing the knowledge of Wikipedia to your fingertips. Looking back at 2015, there’s no shortage of new features in the app:

  • Previews of linked Wikipedia articles so you can explore a topic without leaving the original page.
  • Share-a-fact cards that allow you to easily and quickly create image cards with facts from Wikipedia and share via social media, email, or text message.
  • More image-centric design, improved search functionality, and suggestions for further reading.

We’d also like to introduce another new feature that we released in our latest version of the app: using the Nearby tab, you can access a full, interactive map (based on the new Wikimedia Maps service), with little pins for Wikipedia articles about nearby points of interest. This interactive feature lets you drag and zoom the map to any other part of the world, and see Wikipedia articles for those locations.
Tapping on any of the little pins will show you the familiar link preview that you see when tapping on regular links in articles. We designed it for anyone curious about what’s around them, from travelers abroad to people learning more about their hometowns.
We have much more planned in 2016—get the app from the Google Play Store, and stay tuned for more great features in the new year!
Dmitry Brant, Software Engineer, Product Owner
Wikimedia Foundation

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Nice post. Very user friendly app. 2015 best app gr8 achievement.
Exiting about new feature Version 🙂
Thanks for sharing

Hi there, I have translated this article into zh-hant. Please refer to https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Blog/Drafts/Android_app_is_a_Google_Play_Best_App_of_2015/zh-hant . Feeling exciting to spread the news!

Great Job, Congratulations!!!

can you donate in the app? i keep getting requests to donate $3 every time i open the webpage and i have a ton of google play credits from opinion rewards. if you had a way to donate in the app id def hand over some of my survey money to keep Wikipedia going.

Selamat!

As this app is Free Software, it is also packaged and distributed on f-droid for all those who do not like to use the proprietary google play store for their apps and on their device:
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.wikipedia
I think it would be nice if Wikimedia mentions this way to get the app instead of leading their users to Google only

Congratulation to Android team at Wikimedia on their great App! The Android team at Wikimedia built an app that is easy and it helps people around the world engage more with free knowledge that Wikipedia offers.

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I’ve tried this app and it was very cool and useful. May continues to advance and evolve, continue to maintain this achievement. Regards.