Reading/Web/Mobile Beta

The Wikimedia mobile Beta site is an experimental staging area for new features that may eventually be worked into our official mobile site.

Everyone is welcome to try out the Beta and give us feedback! You can opt into the Beta in Settings, currently located in the left navigation menu of the regular mobile site.

What is the Beta?
The Beta site is where the WMF mobile team tests out new experimental features that may eventually be worked into the main mobile site. Anyone can opt into the Beta, but please be aware that Beta features may be quite unstable and will change rapidly.

Where can I find it/gain access?
You can find and opt in to the Beta by accessing the regular mobile gateway (xx.m.wikipedia.org), and navigating to Settings in the lefthand navigation menu.

You can exit the Beta and return to the regular mobile site at any time by going to Settings and turning off Beta.

What devices/browsers does the Beta support?
Because this it is a highly experimental environment, the Beta is currently limited to the following devices/operating systems:


 * Feature phone

What features are currently on the Beta?
The mobile team works on a 2-week deployment schedule. New features and updates will generally appear on Mondays or Tuesdays, every two weeks.

As of October 23, 2012, the Beta features:


 * Left navigation menu, which includes:
 * Home page
 * Random article
 * Contact page
 * Settings page
 * Login page
 * Language selector
 * Watchlist star (for logged-in users only)
 * Cleanup template hidden view

Where can I provide feedback for this feature?
You can leave feedback on the talk page of this page, or talk to us live on our IRC channel on Freenode:

Join the Beta testing team
For editors: please sign your name below if you'd like to be a part of our mobile Beta testing team! You'll receive talk page updates when we deploy major new experimental features, getting a chance to test them and provide early feedback.


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 * 2) Jenova20
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