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Rename "Explore" to "Home" & remove "W" tooltip, scroll to top
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Description

Background

The apps team has heard feedback that the "Explore" naming of the feed is confusing, especially when navigating back to Explore from an article. The Explore tab essentially functions as a "Home" tab, which is more common across other apps.

User Story

As a mobile app user, I want the "Explore" tab to be renamed to "Home," So that I can intuitively navigate back to the main feed after reading an article, using familiar navigation patterns I recognize from other apps.

Requirements

  • Update the explore feed icon and label in the tabbar to "Home"
  • Tapping "Home" in the tab bar should to jump the user to to the top of the feeed
  • In "Home", Tapping the W icon in the top left should jump users to the top of the feed
  • Tapping the "W" while on the Home feed should jump users to the top of whichever feed they're viewing ("Community" or For you", but should not affect the other feed). No content should be behind the W icon
  • Provide clear context within the translation instructions to volunteers
  • Update the settings screen to utilize "Home" instead of "Explore"
  • Accessibility labels and screen reader text are updated to reflect the new name
  • The updated label is reflected in any in-app references, tooltips, or onboarding copy that mention "Explore"
  • Remove the W tooltip from Article

Design Link

New Home icon →
Note: Since the other requests are copy updates, I expect they can be handled in code without design work. Please let me know if you need mockups for anything else.

Android task for reference

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T420476

Toni Handoff Notes

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

Icon and tab bar label should already update when feature flag is toggled on.

Provide clear context within the translation instructions to volunteers

Double-check this.

Accessibility labels and screen reader text are updated to reflect the new name

Double-check this.

The updated label is reflected in any in-app references, tooltips, or onboarding copy that mention "Explore"

Double-check this

Remove the W tooltip from Article

Still needs to be done.

Event Timeline

HNordeenWMF triaged this task as Medium priority.
HNordeenWMF updated the task description. (Show Details)
HNordeenWMF moved this task from Backlog to P1 (Next Sprint) on the Explore Feed Refresh iOS board.
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.

Renaming and translation were done in https://github.com/wikimedia/wikipedia-ios/pull/5957
Just the removal of the tooltip is needed

Mazevedo set the point value for this task to 1.Jun 29 2026, 1:56 PM
HNordeenWMF raised the priority of this task from Medium to High.Mon, Jul 13, 2:51 PM
HNordeenWMF renamed this task from Rename "Explore" to "Home" & remove "W" tooltip to Rename "Explore" to "Home" & remove "W" tooltip, scroll to top.Tue, Aug 4, 1:21 PM
HNordeenWMF updated the task description. (Show Details)