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Onboarding: Intro Screens and Context Setting
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Description

Background / Description

The onboarding flow needs to be updated to allow users to customize their experience from the first app launch. This task covers the first two onboarding screens: the welcome screen ("All the world's knowledge") and Data and Privacy.

User Story

As a new user opening the Wikipedia iOS app for the first time, I want to see a welcoming introduction to Wikipedia and understand how my data is managed, so that I feel confident my privacy is protected and motivated to continue through onboarding.

Requirements

  • Remove "New ways to explore" screen
  • Add "all the world's knowledge" screen and "Data and privacy" screens
  • There should not be a "Skip" option available on either screen
  • "All the world's knowledge": Users should have the option to learn more about Wikipedia which lands them into MediaWiki. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:About)
  • When users progress from the first screen they should see our Data and Privacy screen with the option to learn more about our privacy policy and terms of use and proceed to the next screen
    • Links for privacy policy and terms of use should be the same as found in our current onboarding

Design Link

Reassure users are in the official Wikipedia app and show them the option to progress through onboarding . Users should have the option to learn more about Wikipedia which lands them into MediaWiki. Progressing through onboarding should take them to the data policy screen

Figma link →

When users progress from the first screen they should see our Data and Privacy screen with the option to learn more about our privacy policy and proceed to the next screen

Figma link →

Note for engineers: images are gifs - see example below

explore-feed-gif.gif (712×1,424 px, 1 MB)

Android task for reference

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T418755

Toni Handoff Notes

Based on progress at PR https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios/pull/5995

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Event Timeline

HNordeenWMF lowered the priority of this task from High to Medium.May 28 2026, 10:29 PM
HNordeenWMF lowered the priority of this task from Medium to Low.Jun 16 2026, 4:00 PM
HNordeenWMF raised the priority of this task from Low to Medium.Jun 29 2026, 1:36 PM
HNordeenWMF added a project: App Experience.
Mazevedo set the point value for this task to 3.
HNordeenWMF raised the priority of this task from Medium to High.Jul 13 2026, 2:51 PM

Test notes

Available in 8.3.0 (6110) and newer builds

Fresh install the app.
In dev settings, enable Home Feed and Always Show New Onboarding.
Quit the app in the background and reopen - with the flag on, you can repeat this step
Make sure the requirements and UI match the tickets
Go to settings -> home -> community -> what's driving your feed. You should see the topics you selected.

Note:
With the "Always Show New Onboarding" flag, you can trigger the onboarding several times in one install. Going through the onboarding more than once in the same install will display interests you selected before. This is by design, as we need to save the interests and we are reusing this component in settings.

Seddon changed the point value for this task from 3 to 1.Wed, Jul 29, 4:46 PM
Seddon set Final Story Points to 3.

New fixes available in Wikipedia 2026.08.05 (6139)

ABorbaWMF subscribed.

Looks good on 6139-beta-2026-08-06
Note: Testing behind a developer setting

RequirementPass/FailNotes
Remove "New ways to explore" screenScreen removed
Add "all the world's knowledge" screen and "Data and privacy" screensScreens present
There should not be a "Skip" option available on either screenskip removed
"All the world's knowledge": Users should have the option to learn more about Wikipedia which lands them into MediaWiki.Link directs correctly
When users progress from the first screen they should see our Data and Privacy screen with the option to learn more about our privacy policy and terms of use and proceed to the next screenLinks cirect correctly
Links for privacy policy and terms of use should be the same as found in our current onboardingLink directs correctly