Wikipedia has released an update to its app which brings a new 'Black' reading theme ideal for the OLED iPhone X.
Explore your world, find a quick fact, or dive down a Wikipedia rabbit hole with the official Wikipedia app for iOS. With more than 40 million articles across nearly 300 languages, your favorite free online encyclopedia is at your fingertips.
Features:
● Night reading - Appearance controls let you read Wikipedia in comfort, with dark mode, text size control and image dimming to customize how you read.
● Places - Find Wikipedia articles about places next door or across the globe, with a map and location based search experience. On a trip or your daily commute, with Places it’s easy to learn more about the world around you.
● Explore feed - Discover the depths of Wikipedia through your explore feed, which surfaces Wikipedia articles and captivating freely-licensed photos. It includes a diverse array of interesting content, including:
- recommended articles based on what you’ve already read
- featured articles hand-picked by the Wikipedia community
- daily top read articles
- picture of the day
- events on this day in history
- random articles
- nearby landmarks
● Find and search - Easily find what you’re looking for by searching within articles or using Spotlight. You can even search with your favorite emojis!
● Quick access - Add Wikipedia to your device's Today screen to pick up exactly where you stopped reading your last article, or see the top-read articles and trends of the day.
● Easy touch navigation, including 3D touch - Multi-touch gestures like swipe, tap, and 3D Touch features complete essential tasks more quickly and simply.
● Save articles - Save articles for reading later, even when you’re offline.
● Multilingual support - Search for and read Wikipedia articles written in any Wikipedia-supported language — there are nearly 300!
● Share - Easily share articles, images, and facts from Wikipedia on social media or by email. Or use Handoff to continue reading articles across your iOS devices.
What's New In This Version:
- "Black" reading theme, perfect for OLED devices
- Faster article loading and less data use. Now images are only downloaded when about to be displayed (or saved).
- Appearance option to have info boxes open by default
- Lots of other small bug fixes.
You can download Wikipedia from the App Store for free.
Download
Explore your world, find a quick fact, or dive down a Wikipedia rabbit hole with the official Wikipedia app for iOS. With more than 40 million articles across nearly 300 languages, your favorite free online encyclopedia is at your fingertips.
Features:
● Night reading - Appearance controls let you read Wikipedia in comfort, with dark mode, text size control and image dimming to customize how you read.
● Places - Find Wikipedia articles about places next door or across the globe, with a map and location based search experience. On a trip or your daily commute, with Places it’s easy to learn more about the world around you.
● Explore feed - Discover the depths of Wikipedia through your explore feed, which surfaces Wikipedia articles and captivating freely-licensed photos. It includes a diverse array of interesting content, including:
- recommended articles based on what you’ve already read
- featured articles hand-picked by the Wikipedia community
- daily top read articles
- picture of the day
- events on this day in history
- random articles
- nearby landmarks
● Find and search - Easily find what you’re looking for by searching within articles or using Spotlight. You can even search with your favorite emojis!
● Quick access - Add Wikipedia to your device's Today screen to pick up exactly where you stopped reading your last article, or see the top-read articles and trends of the day.
● Easy touch navigation, including 3D touch - Multi-touch gestures like swipe, tap, and 3D Touch features complete essential tasks more quickly and simply.
● Save articles - Save articles for reading later, even when you’re offline.
● Multilingual support - Search for and read Wikipedia articles written in any Wikipedia-supported language — there are nearly 300!
● Share - Easily share articles, images, and facts from Wikipedia on social media or by email. Or use Handoff to continue reading articles across your iOS devices.
What's New In This Version:
- "Black" reading theme, perfect for OLED devices
- Faster article loading and less data use. Now images are only downloaded when about to be displayed (or saved).
- Appearance option to have info boxes open by default
- Lots of other small bug fixes.
You can download Wikipedia from the App Store for free.
Download