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{{Wikipedia how-to|WP:MOBILE}}
{{Reader help}}
It is possible to access and edit [[Wikipedia]] on multiple types of
The [[#Official mobile version|official mobile version]] of English Wikipedia is located at '''{{URL|https://en.m.wikipedia.org}}''', with the [[#Desktop access|official desktop version]] of English Wikipedia located at '''{{URL|https://en.wikipedia.org}}'''. A toggle switch between mobile and desktop view is available at the bottom of every page.
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*<small>Mobile version of '''{{Plain link|url=https://{{CONTENTLANG}}.m.{{SITENAME}}.org/wiki/{{urlencode:{{{1|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}|WIKI}}|name={{{1|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}}}'''</small>
*<small>Desktop version of '''{{Plain link|url=https://{{CONTENTLANG}}.{{SITENAME}}.org/wiki/{{urlencode:{{{1|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}|WIKI}}|name={{{1|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}}}'''</small>}}
== Official mobile version ==
[[File:
The mobile version of Wikipedia is located at '''https://en.m.wikipedia.org'''.
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{{main|mw:Wikimedia Apps/Android FAQ|l1=Wikimedia:Android Wikipedia app FAQ}}
{{Redirect|WP:ANDROID|the Android WikiProject|Wikipedia:WikiProject Android}}
:An '''[[Commons:Commons:Mobile app|Android app]] for [[Wikimedia Commons]]''' is also [https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons community maintained] on [[GitHub]]. There is an '''Android app for [[Wiktionary]]''', although it is no longer supported and has not been updated since August 2013.▼
* [[File:Google Play Store badge EN.svg|x38px|link=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia|alt=Get Wikipedia on Google Play (Android)]]
* [[File:"Get it on F-droid" Badge.png|x38px|link=https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.wikipedia/|alt=Get Wikipedia on F-Droid (Android)]]
▲
=== iOS ===
{{shortcut|WP:IPHONE}}
{{main|mw:Wikimedia Apps/iOS FAQ|l1=Wikimedia:iOS Wikipedia app FAQ}}
* [[File:Download on the App Store RGB blk.svg|x40px|link=https://apps.apple.com/app/wikipedia/id324715238?mt=8|alt=Download on the App Store (iOS)]]
=== KaiOS ===
* [https://www.kaiostech.com/store/apps/?bundle_id=kaios.app.wikipedia Get it on KaiStore]
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! Name
! Price
!
! Notes
|-
| [https://apps.apple.com/app/wikipanion/id288349436?mt=8 Wikipanion]
| {{sort|$0.00|{{free|Free}}}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
|[https://apps.apple.com/app/wikipanion-plus/id290613987?mt=8 Wikipanion Plus]
| {{nonfree|$4.99}}
| {{No}}
|
|-
|[https://apps.apple.com/app/minipedia-offline-wiki-wikipedia-reader/id473512078?mt=8 Minipedia – Offline Wiki]
| {{sort|$0.00|{{free|Free}}}}
| {{No}}
| Contains the 100,000 most read articles; multilanguage support: English, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish
|-
|[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/miniwiki/id1448143759 MiniWiki]
| {{sort|$0.00|{{free|Free}}}}
|{{No}}
| Allows browsing Wikipedia on the [[Apple Watch]]
|}
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===<span lang="ar" dir="rtl">Android</span> apps ===
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** [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.nebulium.wiki EveryWiki for Android]▼
! Name
** [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile Kiwix] Offline viewer▼
! Open source
! Notes
|-
| [https://github.com/nsh07/WikiReader WikiReader]
| {{Yes}}
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|-
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| Seems unavailable
|-
| {{Yes}}
| See details in offline section
|}
==Tags==
{{shortcut|WP:MOBILETAGS|WP:MOBILEEDITTAGS}}
{{Further|Special:Tags}}
{{See also|Wikipedia:Mobile communication bugs}}
The Wikimedia software adds [[Wikipedia:Tags|tags]] to certain edits in the history, when the edit is performed on a mobile device or using one of the mobile apps. Here are some of them (tags aimed at Talk page edits not included):
* advanced mobile edit – edit made by user with advanced mode
* android app edit – edits made from mobile app for android
* app-ai-assist – edits from the mobile apps that were machine assisted
* app-description-add – short descriptions added from the mobile apps
* app-description-change – short descriptions modified from the mobile apps
* app-full-source – edit made from article full source editor in the mobile apps
* app-image-add-infobox – image added to the infobox from the mobile apps
* app-image-add-top – image added to the top of the article from the mobile apps
* app-image-caption-add – image captions added from the mobile apps
* app-image-tag-add – image tags added from the mobile apps
* app-rollback – rollback actions made from the mobile apps
* app-section-source – edit made from article section source editor in the mobile apps
* app-select-source – edit made from selecting an article word in the mobile apps
* app-suggestededit – edits made with the suggested edits feature in the mobile apps
* app-undo – undo actions made from the mobile apps
* ios app edit - edits made from mobile app for ios
* mobile app edit – edits made from mobile apps
* mobile edit – for edits made from a mobile device
* mobile web edit – edit made from mobile website
==Desktop access<span class="anchor" id="Desktop version access"></span>==
The desktop version of English Wikipedia is located at '''{{URL|https://en.wikipedia.org}}'''
If a browser is installed for general use, it can be used to access the general Wikipedia site, also for editing, depending on limitations of the browser. A toggle switch between mobile and desktop view is available at the bottom of every page. [[Help:User style|
===Metro-style===
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== Media ==
Media can be controlled with the keyboard. {{Keypress|F}} toggles fullscreen, {{Keypress|m}} toggles mute and both {{Keypress|k}} and
The following mobile browsers can play video and audio files on Wikipedia (browsers not listed here are not supported at all):<ref>[[mw:Extension:TimedMediaHandler/ogv.js]]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/?search=webm|title="webm" | Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc|website=caniuse.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://caniuse.com/?search=ogg|title="ogg" | Can I use... Support tables for HTML5, CSS3, etc|website=caniuse.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://knowledge.kaltura.com/help/kaltura-player-supported-browsers-devices|title=Kaltura Player Supported Browsers / Devices | Kaltura Knowledge Center|website=knowledge.kaltura.com}}</ref>
{|class=wikitable
!Browser
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!Video / WebM
|-
| [[File:Safari
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
| [[File:Safari
|{{yes}}
|{{partial}}<ref group="media-notes" name="safari">Video playback is only supported with Javascript decoding, which can be a bit slow. Unfortunately Apple
|-
| [[File:Safari-icon-1024.png|24px]] Safari 17.4+
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
▲|{{partial}}<ref group="media-notes" name="safari">Video playback is only supported with Javascript decoding, which can be a bit slow. Unfortunately Apple does not support native hardware based decoding of VP8 and/or VP9, the video codecs which [[MediaWiki]] software uses and supports.</ref>
|-
|[[File:Internet Explorer 10+11 logo.svg|24px]] IE 9-11 (Windows 7/8/8.1/10)
|{{yes}}
|{{partial|Installable}}
|-
| [[File:Internet Explorer 10+11 logo.svg|24px]] IE 10/11 (Windows RT)
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|{{no}}
|-
| [[File:Samsung Internet logo.svg|24px]] Android browser 4.4
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
| [[File:Samsung Internet logo.svg|24px]] Android browser 5.6+
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
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|{{yes}}
|-
| [[File:Samsung Internet logo.svg|24px]] Samsung Internet 5+
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
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==Offline access ==
{{
[[File:Kiwix
Offline access to English Wikipedia can be done in many ways.
;Or
Try one of the other external applications listed below which allow you to download a copy of Wikipedia's database and then view, search, and browse it offline.
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* WikiTaxi (for Windows): ([[Wikipedia:Database download#WikiTaxi (for Windows)|instructions]])
;Database dumps
==Engineering and support ==
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Support:
* [mailto:mobile-feedback-l@lists.wikimedia.org Email], [https://twitter.com/WikimediaMobile X (formerly Twitter)], [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l Mobile-l mailing list], [[Wikipedia:IRC|IRC]]: {{irc|wikimedia-mobile}}
* [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?projects=MobileFrontend Report a new bug] or view the [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/project/board/1157/query/open/ list of known bugs]
==References==▼
{{reflist}}▼
== See also ==
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*[[Help:Options to hide an image]]
*[[Template:If mobile]] – template that differentiates content based on whether the viewer is using a mobile device
*[[Template:Navbox visibility]] – details about how [[WP:NAVBOX|Navboxes]] are [[Template:Navbox visibility|not shown]] on the mobile app
▲==References==
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