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Make it easier to access "Home" from Article view
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After navigating down a rabbit hole, the current way to get back to the main view of the app (and therefore the new "Home" feed), is to use the back button repeatedly, or 3-dot menu > Home. While users can customize the toolbar and. make "Home" more accessible, we can also help them discover this by making it visible on default

Requirements
  • For all fresh installs (before customization): Move "Home" to the current position of "Save". Move "Theme" into the overflow menu
  • Make this change for all existing users who have not customized their toolbar yet
  • Do not make this change for any existing users who have already customized their toolbar
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"Home" now in same position as it will be in the main view

Screenshot_20260515-152334.png (1,080×2,400 px, 1 MB)

"Theme" now in the overflow menu
Screenshot_20260515-152337.png (1,080×2,400 px, 750 KB)

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 OpenNoneT407990 Explore Feed Revamp 2025-2026
 OpenNoneT426468 Make it easier to access "Home" from Article view

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HNordeenWMF created this task.May 15 2026, 8:25 PM
HNordeenWMF triaged this task as Medium priority.May 15 2026, 8:43 PM
HNordeenWMF moved this task from Incoming tasks from backlog to Needs Engineering Sync (P2) on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2025-26) board.
HNordeenWMF moved this task from Needs Engineering Sync (P2) to Needs Design on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2025-26) board.Thu, May 21, 8:22 PM
HNordeenWMF lowered the priority of this task from Medium to Low.Tue, May 26, 3:24 PM
HNordeenWMF moved this task from Backlog to P4 (4 sprints out) on the Explore Feed Redesign on Android App board.Tue, May 26, 4:56 PM
HNordeenWMF edited projects, added: Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog; removed: Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2025-26).Wed, May 27, 6:26 PM
HNordeenWMF edited projects, added: Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2025-26); removed: Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog.EditedTue, Jun 2, 4:26 PM
HNordeenWMF added a subscriber: SChekfa-WMF.

@SChekfa-WMF to explore more holistically.
M3 - there's a way to bring global navigation into screen.

DB: Note: check out other Google Apps

HNordeenWMF renamed this task from Change default order of Article toolbar to include "Home" to Make it easier to access "Home" from Article view.Tue, Jun 2, 4:27 PM
HNordeenWMF removed a project: Explore Feed Redesign on Android App.Thu, Jun 4, 6:15 PM
HNordeenWMF edited projects, added: Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog; removed: Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog (Android Release - FY2025-26).

Planning to tackle as a part of Q1 work

HNordeenWMF moved this task from Needs Triage to Product Backlog on the Wikipedia-Android-App-Backlog board.Thu, Jun 4, 6:16 PM
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