Readers/Status updates/2017-12

This is the monthly update for 2017-12

==Discussions== Discussions

Apps

 * Android made 2 releases: a major release introduced (amongst other things) a fully customisable Explore feed, a new and improved Randomiser, and by popular request a new Black theme that optimises battery life on AMOLED displays. A subsequent minor release fixed a few bugs/performance issues.

Web

 * Performance testing of the new PDF renderer is giving hopeful results
 * New summary endpoint, created to provide better page previews is ready for deployment to all projects
 * Initial bugs with download to PDF button on mobile now resolved

Reading Infrastructure

 * Deployed the ReadingLists extension and Reading List Service to production.

New Readers

 * New Reader updates can be found at Meta.

Multimedia

 * Commons research thing

Discovery
The Discovery team provides weekly updates. Here are their updates for the month.
 * Something goes here

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