Change Details

###Background The explore feed has been redesigned to offer both community curated content and a personalized "For You" experience. Existing users who update the app will not have gone through the new onboarding flow, so they need a lightweight introduction to the changes. Rather than forcing them through the full onboarding, we want to surface a one-time interstitial that explains the redesign and gives them a clear choice: set up their feed manually, or let us do it for them. This ensures no existing user lands in a broken or confusing experience after updating, while also creating a natural entry point into the new personalization features. ###User Story As an existing Wikipedia app user who has just updated the app, I want to understand what has changed in the explore feed and choose how I want it set up, so that I can continue using the app without disruption and benefit from the new experience on my own terms. ###Requirements - On the first app open after updating to the version containing the new explore feed, existing users should see a one-time interstitial explaining that the explore feed has been redesigned, and is now "Home". - Do not display the interstitial on article view upon opening from an external link, may display on second article internal article view after opening from External link - The interstitial should only be shown once. If the user dismisses it or backgrounds the app during it, it should not reappear on subsequent opens. Although they will get the opportunity to customize their feed through affordances in the new feed. - Users should be presented with two options: "Set it up myself" which launches the condensed onboarding flow (interests and feed preference screens only, skipping welcome and privacy screens), or "Set it up for me" which dismisses the interstitial and takes them directly to the feed. - For users who choose "Set it up for me", the default active tab should be the Community curated tab. However, the For You tab should be populated using their existing reading history so that it is ready with relevant content if and when they switch to it. (e.g. Because you read & Continue reading) - Users who go through "Set it up myself" should land in the explore feed after completing the condensed flow, with their selections applied. The condensed flow is the Interests Selection, Feed Preference and Feed Loading screens ### Design Link [[ https://www.figma.com/design/VwBaV9KZ7LWfOY2dt1BJyQ/explore-feed-explorations?node-id=1863-10192&t=VzdE8PWA4JyNgtVc-4 | Figma link (one-time interstitial) → ]] [[ https://www.figma.com/design/VwBaV9KZ7LWfOY2dt1BJyQ/explore-feed-explorations?node-id=1863-15692&t=VzdE8PWA4JyNgtVc-4 | Figma link (onboarding flow for existing users) → ]] ###Android task for reference https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T418788

###Background The explore feed has been redesigned to offer both community curated content and a personalized "For You" experience. Existing users who update the app will not have gone through the new onboarding flow, so they need a lightweight introduction to the changes. Rather than forcing them through the full onboarding, we want to surface a one-time interstitial that explains the redesign and gives them a clear choice: set up their feed manually, or let us do it for them. This ensures no existing user lands in a broken or confusing experience after updating, while also creating a natural entry point into the new personalization features. ###User Story As an existing Wikipedia app user who has just updated the app, I want to understand what has changed in the explore feed and choose how I want it set up, so that I can continue using the app without disruption and benefit from the new experience on my own terms. ###Requirements - On the first app open after updating to the version containing the new explore feed, existing users should see a one-time interstitial explaining that the explore feed has been redesigned, and is now "Home". - Do not display the interstitial on article view upon opening from an external link, may display on second article internal article view after opening from External link - The interstitial should only be shown once. If the user dismisses it or backgrounds the app during it, it should not reappear on subsequent opens. Although they will get the opportunity to customize their feed through affordances in the new feed. - Users should be presented with two options: "Set it up myself" which launches the condensed onboarding flow (interests and feed preference screens only, skipping welcome and privacy screens), or "Set it up for me" which dismisses the interstitial and takes them directly to the feed. - For users who choose "Set it up for me", the default active tab should be the Community curated tab. However, the For You tab should be populated using their existing reading history so that it is ready with relevant content if and when they switch to it. (e.g. Because you read & Continue reading) - Users who go through "Set it up myself" should land in the explore feed after completing the condensed flow, with their selections applied. The condensed flow is the Interests Selection, Feed Preference and Feed Loading screens ### Design Link [[ https://www.figma.com/design/z1skQr04i9TPtINRlhWcBH/iOS--Explore-Feed-Refresh?node-id=37-5447&t=WmE07SOjJ0tcW7Vp-1 | Figma link (one-time interstitial) → ]] ###Android task for reference https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T418788

###Background The explore feed has been redesigned to offer both community curated content and a personalized "For You" experience. Existing users who update the app will not have gone through the new onboarding flow, so they need a lightweight introduction to the changes. Rather than forcing them through the full onboarding, we want to surface a one-time interstitial that explains the redesign and gives them a clear choice: set up their feed manually, or let us do it for them. This ensures no existing user lands in a broken or confusing experience after updating, while also creating a natural entry point into the new personalization features. ###User Story As an existing Wikipedia app user who has just updated the app, I want to understand what has changed in the explore feed and choose how I want it set up, so that I can continue using the app without disruption and benefit from the new experience on my own terms. ###Requirements - On the first app open after updating to the version containing the new explore feed, existing users should see a one-time interstitial explaining that the explore feed has been redesigned, and is now "Home". - Do not display the interstitial on article view upon opening from an external link, may display on second article internal article view after opening from External link - The interstitial should only be shown once. If the user dismisses it or backgrounds the app during it, it should not reappear on subsequent opens. Although they will get the opportunity to customize their feed through affordances in the new feed. - Users should be presented with two options: "Set it up myself" which launches the condensed onboarding flow (interests and feed preference screens only, skipping welcome and privacy screens), or "Set it up for me" which dismisses the interstitial and takes them directly to the feed. - For users who choose "Set it up for me", the default active tab should be the Community curated tab. However, the For You tab should be populated using their existing reading history so that it is ready with relevant content if and when they switch to it. (e.g. Because you read & Continue reading) - Users who go through "Set it up myself" should land in the explore feed after completing the condensed flow, with their selections applied. The condensed flow is the Interests Selection, Feed Preference and Feed Loading screens ### Design Link [[ https://www.figma.com/design/VwBaV9KZ7LWfOY2dt1BJyQ/ez1skQr04i9TPtINRlhWcBH/iOS--Explore-fFeed-explorationsRefresh?node-id=1863-10192&t=VzdE8PWA4JyNgtVc-437-5447&t=WmE07SOjJ0tcW7Vp-1 | Figma link (one-time interstitial) → ]] [[ https://www.figma.com/design/VwBaV9KZ7LWfOY2dt1BJyQ/explore-feed-explorations?node-id=1863-15692&t=VzdE8PWA4JyNgtVc-4 | Figma link (onboarding flow for existing users) → ]] ###Android task for reference https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T418788