Wikipedia

Wikimedia Foundation

About this app

The best Wikipedia experience on your Mobile device. Ad-free and free of charge, forever. With the official Wikipedia app, you can search and explore 40+ million articles in 300+ languages, no matter where you are.

== Why you'll love the this app ==

1. It's free and open
Wikipedia is the encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Articles on Wikipedia are freely licensed and the app code is 100% open source. The heart and soul of Wikipedia is a community of people working to bring you unlimited access to free, reliable and neutral information.

2. No ads
Wikipedia is a place to learn, not a place for advertising. This app is made by the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia. We provide this service in the pursuit of open knowledge that’s always ad-free and never tracks your data.

3. Read in your language
Search 40 million articles in over 300 languages in the world’s largest source of information. Set your preferred languages in the app and easily switch between them when browsing or reading.

4. Use it offline
Save your favorite articles and read Wikipedia offline with “My lists“. Name lists as you like and collect articles across different languages. Saved articles and reading lists are synced across all your devices and are available even when you do not have internet connectivity.

5. Attention to detail and night mode
The app embraces Wikipedia’s simplicity and adds delight to it. A beautiful and distraction-free interface lets you focus on the essential: reading articles. With text size adjustment and themes in pure black, dark, sepia or light, you can choose the most pleasant reading experience for you.

== Broaden your horizon with these features ==

1. Customize your Explore feed
"Explore" lets you see recommended Wikipedia content including current events, popular articles, captivating freely-licensed photos, events on this day in history, suggested articles based on your reading history, and more.

2. Find and search
Quickly find what you're looking for by searching within articles or with the search bar at the top of the app. You can even search using your favorite emojis or voice-enabled search.

== We'd love your feedback ==

1. To send feedback from the app:
In the menu, press "Settings", then "About the Wikipedia app", then "Send app feedback".

2. If you have experience with Java and the Android SDK, then we look forward to your contributions! More info: https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/App_hacking

3. By using this app, you agree to the automatic transmission of crash reports to a third-party service provider. If you would like to disable this feature, press "Settings," then turn off "Send crash reports" under the Privacy section.

4. Explanation of permissions needed by the app: https://mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Android_FAQ#Security_and_Permissions

5. Privacy policy: https://m.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_policy

6. Crash report third-party service provider’s privacy policy:
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement

7. Terms of Use: https://m.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use

8. About the Wikimedia Foundation:
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable nonprofit organization that supports and operates Wikipedia and the other Wiki projects. It is funded mainly through donations. For more information, please visit our website: https://wikimediafoundation.org/

Ratings and reviews

i could never make it to synch my reading lists from the original device where I saved them to other devices. now I changed phone and they are gone. such a shame. I had spent much time collecting those articles. and then the fact that you cannot access the reading lists from a normal browser is a little bit ridiculous....sorry Wikipedia, I love you in general but this app needs improvement. i would love to be able to continue to use it effectively across all platforms and devices.

Very good App for reading Wikipedia content. When trying to open the full version history of a web page the app breaks. Presumably because it tries to open the page in Chrome and Chrome redirects the call directly to Wikipedia app. Should be an easy fix until then 3 stars, because there is not even a workaround to access the relevant version history in any way

The Wikipedia app is not good. It lacks very basic functionality and doesn't work the way it should. Reading articles? Works fine if you've got an internet connection. But editing? Oh well. Edits that you have just made won't show. It appears as if you didn't edit anything. Very annoying and unhandy editing interface, that can make you delete entire sections by accident. And virtually everything that you do (for example, Special:Watchlist) requires an external web browser. Good job, Wikimeda.

What's new

2.7.50443 includes:
The conclusion of Machine Assisted Article Descriptions experiment. Thanks for participating! Visit the project page for updates: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Android/Machine_Assisted_Article_Descriptions.
Bug fixes: Improved accuracy of warning messages for incorrect language input and resolved styling and color contrast issues. Share feedback at [e-mail].