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Download Wikipedia App for Windows 10/11 [Link and Review]
The Wikipedia desktop app has some advantages over the web version
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Wikipedia app is one of the best apps for Windows 10. Curious to learn more about this app? Read this extensive review below.
If you are looking for the biggest free encyclopedia to download on your Windows 10 tablet or laptop, you should be glad to hear that Wikipedia has its own official Windows app in Microsoft Store.One of the most awesome Windows 10 applications that you can currently try in the Microsoft Store is, without a doubt, the Wikipedia application. I think it’s the best education application in the whole white world.
What else can beat a huge, always-growing library of knowledge, and all for free? There are more than 20 million articles about anything you’d like to read.
Wikipedia is thefreeencyclopedia containing more than 20 million articles in 280 languages, and is the most comprehensive and widely used reference work humans have ever compiled.
If you’ve been using Wikipedia until now only on the web, don’t be too surprised by the big difference in the Windows 10 application.
RT users should not worry; this Wikipedia app works just the same on ARM, x64, or x86 devices.
This means that the experience will be just the same whether you’re on a Windows RT or Windows 10 device.
Currently, the application has a 4 out of 5 ratings, rated only by 600 persons. As Windows 10 versions will become more popular, expect that number to increase a lot.
Curious to get a first-hand experience with the Wikipedia app? Follow the download link below and install it on your PC.
Update to Wikipedia app for Windows 10
Since 2012, Wikipedia app has evolved. Now it has a proud 4/5 rating on Microsoft store. Here are some of the new features :
Review of the Wikipedia app
The first difference that you’ll encounter will be the main screen. There, just like you can see in the picture below, you will find the importance of the day in history, featured articles and pictures, and the articles recently updated by users across Wikipedia.
You will find Wikipedia under the Books&Reference category, but here’s adirect link to it(you’ll find it at the end of the article, as well).
Be sure to check out this article and bookmark it if you like because we will be constantly updating it as more versions of theWindows 10 Wikipedia appwill appear.
For now, it’s the first version, and it’s only natural that there are issues.
One of the biggest changes you’ll notice with this application is that you can pin articles to your Start screen for a later read, which will be quite useful to users.
I always didn’t have enough patience to finish reading articles on Wikipedia, especially since there were a lot of other tabs open. Let’s hope that this feature will help me finish all my articles.
Like many other apps optimized for the touch experience, you’ll notice that the Wikipedia application is shinier and somehow, the user experience feels more natural.
Maybe it’s because Windows 10 is the biggest change since 1992, or Wikimedia has just done a wonderful job.
I don’t know what the reason is, but I like the Windows Wikipedia application much more than any other application, be it for Android, iOS, Windows Phone or even the website itself.
Early reviews find Wikipedia a very useful app
You’ll find especially helpful the quick search feature, since it will seem so easy to discover the subjects and stories that you’re interested in. But when it comes to the application’s formatting, there are ups and downs. Here’s what Ryan Matthew Pierson with the LockerGnome had to say about this:
If the primary image has a long caption, that caption will carry over to the second column of the magazine-like arrangement. On some articles, it creates a white space that could easily be filled in by something else. When you drag theapplicationto a side panel, everything seems to snap into place and you get an incredibly cool (and useful) resource along the side of the screen. This makes one of the more important features of Windows 8 thatmuch more useful.
What’s awesome about this is how easily everything is set up. You can change a page’s language if you’re uncomfortable with English. The easiest part is to search in Wikipedia, you have to start typing and that’s all. Wikipedia will then find the article and deliver it to you.
One issue that Wikipedia app currently has is with large screens, as reportedby TechWhack. Softpedia has also a good opinion about theWindows 10 optimized Wikipedia:
The app makes ample use of tiles; the home screen is entirely made up of tiles leading to either photos or articles. The article view is catered to Windows 8 as well. You’ll see the page layout customary to Windows 8 apps, the entire thing is quite slick. Even the infobox has been hidden away to leave room for the text and the photos. Theappintegrates with the global search feature in Windows 8 as well. There’s support for sharing features, you can snap it to the side of the screen and there’s even a pinch to zoom feature to quickly get to the section list. And just like the Android one, theappis open source.
Main features of the Wikipedia application
Although nothing can beat and match your experience with an application, you still need to know what you’re getting on the tablet. So, let’s summarize justwhat canWikipedia on Windows RT and Windows 10 do for you:
So, have you installed the Wikipedia app on your Windows computer? Tell us more about your experience in the comments below.
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Radu Tyrsina
Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).
For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.
Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.
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