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It is possible to access and edit [[Wikipedia]] on multiple types of devices, such as [[desktop computers]], [[tablet computer|tablet]]s and [[smartphone]]s through several different methods, including [[#Older phones|options for older devices]], [[#Official mobile apps|modern apps for various platforms]] and [[#Offline access|options to view content while offline]]. This is intended for those who want to read and [[Wikipedia:Editing on mobile devices|edit on the go]].

The [[#Official mobile version|official mobile version]] of English Wikipedia is located at '''https://en.m.wikipedia.org'''. With the [[#Regular (desktop) site|official desktop version]] of English Wikipedia located at '''https://en.wikipedia.org'''. A toggle switch between mobile and desktop view is available at the bottom of every page.

Official applications can be found at:
[[File:Download on iTunes.svg|70px|link=https://apps.apple.com/app/wikipedia/id324715238?mt=8|alt=Download Wikipedia on the App Store (iOS)]]
[[File:Google Play Store badge EN.svg|70px|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|70px|link=https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.wikipedia/|alt=Get Wikipedia on F-Droid (Android)]]

{{Quotation |
*Mobile version of '''{{Plain link|url=//{{CONTENTLANG}}.m.{{SITENAME}}.org/wiki/{{urlencode:{{{1|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}|WIKI}}|name={{{1|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}}}'''
*Desktop version of '''{{Plain link|url=//{{CONTENTLANG}}.{{SITENAME}}.org/wiki/{{urlencode:{{{1|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}|WIKI}}|name={{{1|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}}}}'''}}

== Official mobile version ==
[[File:Wikipedia on Mobile screenshot 2019.png|thumb|Mobile Wikipedia on Chrome for Android]]
The mobile version of Wikipedia is located at '''https://en.m.wikipedia.org'''.

Users of supported mobile devices are automatically redirected to the official mobile version of Wikipedia (this can be overridden by clicking the desktop-view button at the bottom of the page, after which the device will no longer be automatically redirected to the mobile site).
* Supported: [[iOS]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[Opera Mini]].
;Tablets
Tablets are served a [https://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/06/17/wikimedia-sites-get-a-new-look-on-tablets/ slightly modified version] of the mobile site, which makes use of the larger screen size to e.g. show a table of content and display all article sections open by default
=== Interface options ===
{{See|Wikipedia:Editing on mobile devices|mw:Reading/Web/Advanced mobile contributions}}
This mobile version is available for all languages of Wikipedia. It is [[mw:Reading/Web/Mobile|actively developed]], supported and translated. It supports editing; visit any article and you'll see a pencil icon on every section. Anyone, including those who are not logged in, can use the mobile editor. You can also check your [[Wikipedia:Watchlist|watchlist]] on mobile, add/remove articles from it, and more. If you don't want to use the mobile version, you can find options at the bottom of every page to switch to the desktop version.

=== Older phones ===
====Legacy browsers====
Legacy mobile browsers that were fairly advanced during their time, such as NetFront (2.3), should be able to browse the Wikipedia Mobile version without too much effort. Depending on a phone's capabilities, it may be advisable to turn images and JavaScript off.

==== Opera Mini ====
[[File:Opera Mini using the new interface for Wikipedia mobile.jpg|thumb|right|100px|Wikipedia mobile on Opera Mini 5]]

Older featurephones' native browsers commonly have limited functionality and are outdated. If your phone is [[Java Platform, Micro Edition|Java ME]]-capable, you might consider installing [[Opera Mini]], a Java ME-based Internet browser for mobile phones. Some phones have Opera Mini built-in, and may only require setting the browser up for use. Opera Mini works by sending a request to Opera's servers, which return a compressed and stripped-down page to the phone. Depending on version, Opera Mini is often more functional and up-to-date than the native browser supplied with the phone. Opera Mini has a built-in Wikipedia search facility.
* '''[http://www.opera.com/mobile/mini Opera Mini website]''' — Various versions are on offer to match the capabilities of a particular phone.

== Official mobile apps ==
{{shortcut|H:MOBILEAPP}}
{{main|mw:Wikimedia Apps}}
{{See|List of Wikipedia mobile applications#Wikimedia Foundation}}

===Android===
{{shortcut|WP:ANDROID}}
{{main|mw:Wikimedia Apps/Android FAQ|l1=Wikimedia:Android Wikipedia app FAQ}}
:The [[Android (operating system)|Android]] app allows editing articles directly from the app. It has limited capability to show categories and talk pages. It is also available on [[F-Droid]]. An '''[[Commons:Commons:Mobile app|Android app]]''' for [[Wikimedia Commons]] is also [https://github.com/commons-app/apps-android-commons community maintained]. 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}}
: The [[iOS]] app also provides a read and write version of Wikipedia, similar to the {{self-reference link|Help:Mobile access|mobile web version}}. It allows users to share an article via Facebook and other social websites. It also allows users to find [[geotagging|geotagged]] articles near their current location. It does not allow users to see categories or talk pages, nor to see the normal desktop version.
* [[File:Download on iTunes.svg|x40px|link=https://apps.apple.com/app/wikipedia/id324715238?mt=8|alt=Download on the App Store (iOS)]]

== Third party applications ==
{{Further|List of Wikipedia mobile applications}}

=== iOS apps ===
Many [[iOS]] apps exist for browsing Wikipedia. Besides the mobile version of the site, the only app capable of editing Wikipedia is the official one.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Price
! Can edit?
! Notes

|-
| [https://apps.apple.com/app/wikipanion/id288349436?mt=8 Wikipanion]
| {{sort|$0.00|Free}}
| No
|
|-
|[https://apps.apple.com/app/wikipanion-plus/id290613987?mt=8 Wikipanion Plus]
| $4.99
| No
|
|-
|[https://apps.apple.com/app/minipedia-offline-wiki-wikipedia-reader/id473512078?mt=8 Minipedia – Offline Wiki]
| {{sort|$0.00|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}}
|No
| Allows browsing Wikipedia on the [[Apple Watch]]
|}

===Android apps ===

* [https://play.google.com/store/search?q=wikipedia&c=apps&so=1 See all "Wikipedia" apps in the Google Play store]
** [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.nebulium.wiki EveryWiki for Android]
** [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile Kiwix] Offline viewer

== Desktop version access ==
The desktop version of English Wikipedia is located at '''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. One may want to adapt the [[Help:User style|user style]] and [[Help:Preferences|preferences]] to optimize them for the mobile device. For example, [[Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups|navigation popups]] may or may not be convenient on the mobile device.

===Metro-style===
{{see also|List of Wikipedia mobile applications}}
[[Metro-style app]]s provides a read-only version of Wikipedia, similar to the mobile web version. The app when used in [[Windows RT]] is incapable of showing [[GIF|moving pictures]].

* '''[https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/application-management/apps-in-windows-10 Index of Windows 10 apps]'''

== Media ==
The following mobile browsers can play video and audio files on Wikipedia:<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> Browsers not listed here are not supported at all.
{|class=wikitable
!Browser
!Ogg
!WebM
|-
| [[File:Safari rounded.svg|24px]] Safari 6.1-11
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| [[File:Safari rounded.svg|24px]] Safari 12+
|{{no}}
|{{partial|VP8 only}}
|-
|[[File:Internet Explorer 10+11 logo.svg|24px]] IE 9-11 (Windows 7/8/8.1/10)
|{{no}}
|[https://tools.google.com/dlpage/webmmf/ installable]
|-
| [[File:Internet Explorer 10+11 logo.svg|24px]] IE 10/11 (Windows RT)
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
| [[File:Microsoft Edge logo.svg|24px]] Edge (Windows 10 PC/Tablet)
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| [[File:Microsoft Edge logo.svg|24px]] Edge (Windows 10 Mobile)
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| [[File:Opera browser logo 2013.png|24px]] Opera mini (all versions)
|{{no}}
|{{no}}
|-
| Android browser 4.4
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
| Android browser 5.6+
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|[[File:Opera browser logo 2013.png|24px]] Opera mobile 15
|{{yes}}
|{{no}}
|-
|[[File:Opera browser logo 2013.png|24px]] Opera mobile 62
|{{yes}}
|{{partial}}
|-
|[[File:Chrome-512.png|24px]] Chrome for Android 89+
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
|[[File:Firefox logo, 2019.svg|24px]] Firefox for Android 86+
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| UC Browser for Android 12+
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|-
| Samsung Internet 5+
|{{yes}}
|{{yes}}
|}

=== Audio ===
A computer-generated audio ([[speech synthesis]]) version of all Wikipedia articles is provided by the Pediaphon service. It is usable on- and off-line with common [[MP3]] players, [[Personal digital assistant|PDA]]s, cell phones ([[Wireless Application Protocol|WAP]]) and with every phone via voice call. Pediaphon can be used as a [[location-based service]].
* '''[http://www.pediaphon.org/~bischoff/radiopedia/index_en.html Pediaphon]'''

== E-readers ==

[[Amazon Kindle]]s have access to Wikipedia content via the Kindle software's built-in web browser. All content is shown in black-and-white (all colored images and graphs are converted); this is a limitation of the Kindle's display hardware. Animation support is also poor, and some rendering bugs exist, such as a tendency for random portions of reference lists to become invisible.

The [http://wiki-as-ebook.sourceforge.net/ Wiki-as-Ebook] project provides massive encyclopaedias for E-Book-readers created from a large set of Wikipedia articles (commercial; 2013). Colored images are converted to grayscale.

==Offline access ==
{{See|Wikipedia:Database download}}
[[File:Kiwix for Android scr1.png|thumb|right|Kiwix on an Android-powered tablet]]
Offline access to English Wikipedia can be done in many ways.

The '''[https://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/04/09/download-the-text-of-the-entire-english-wikipedia/ OpenZIM format]''' uses the free [[Kiwix]] software available in the [[Microsoft Store]], on '''[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kiwix.kiwixmobile Google Play]''' and '''[https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kiwix/id997079563?mt=8 Apple's iOS App Store]''' to view Wikipedia offline. A series of "customized apps" have also been released, of which [[Medical Wikipedia]] and [[PhET]] simulations are the two largest.
;Or
The [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team|Version 1.0 Editorial Team]] works on publishing sets of Wikipedia articles in print, CD, DVD, or some combination thereof. In 2008, SOS Children published a [[Wikipedia CD Selection]] for schools, which may be viewed at '''[http://schools-wikipedia.org/ schools-wikipedia.org],''' and is available for free download via '''[http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/charity-news/archive/2008/10/2008-wikipedia-for-schools the charity's website].'''
;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.
* [[XOWA]]: ([[Wikipedia:Database download#XOWA|instructions]])
* aarddict: ([[Wikipedia:Database download#Aard Dictionary|instructions]])
* BzReader (for Windows): ([[Wikipedia:Database download#BzReader and MzReader (for Windows)|instructions]])
* WikiTaxi (for Windows): ([[Wikipedia:Database download#WikiTaxi (for Windows)|instructions]])

;Raw data dump
English Wikipedia dumps in SQL and XML: {{URL|//dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/}} and the [https://archive.org/search.php?query=subject%3A%22enwiki%22%20AND%20subject%3A%22data%20dumps%22%20AND%20collection%3A%22wikimediadownloads%22 Internet Archive]. The database can be downloaded [[Wikipedia:Database download|here]], but you will need to set up a [[web server]], [[PHP]], [[MySQL]] and our wiki software, [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]], to make use of it.
;Or
[https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_dump_torrents#English_Wikipedia Download here] the data dump using a BitTorrent client.

==Engineering and support ==
The mobile version is based on the [[mw:Extension:MobileFrontend|MobileFrontend extension]] of the [[MediaWiki]] software, and maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation's [[mw:Reading/Web/Team|Reading Web]] team.

Learn more about:
* The [[mw:Reading/Web/Projects|projects we are currently working on]]
**[[mw:Reading/Web/Advanced_mobile_contributions| Advanced mobile contributions]]
* Our software [[mw:Reading/Component responsibility|component responsibilities]]
* The [[mw:Reading/Web/Mobile|mobile web interface]]

Support:
* [mailto:mobile-feedback-l@lists.wikimedia.org Email], [https://twitter.com/WikimediaMobile 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]

== Sources ==
<references/>

== See also ==
{{Help desk}}
{{portal|Help}}
{{portal|Contents}}
{{Commonscat|Wikipedia on PDAs and mobile phones}}
{{MediaWiki|Extension:MobileApp}}
*[[Wikipedia:Editing on mobile devices]] (essay)
*[[User:Cullen328/Smartphone editing]] (User essay)
*[[Wikipedia:Spoken articles]]
*[[Help:Printing]]
*[[Help:Import]]
*[[Help:Downloading pages]]
*[[Help:Cascading Style Sheets]]
*[[Wikipedia:Open proxies]]
*[[Wikipedia:Dyslexic readers]]
*[[Help:Multilingual support for Android]]
*[[Help:Options to hide an image]]
*[[Template:If mobile]] – template that differentiates content based on whether the viewer is using a mobile device
{{Wikipedia technical help|state=collapsed}}
{{Help navigation}}
[[Category:Wikipedia interface help]]
[[Category:Wikipedia accessibility]]
[[Category:WikiProject Accessibility]]
[[Category:Reader help]]

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