Title: Mobile Team Update – October 23rd
Author: elibud
Published: October 24, 2018
Last modified: December 19, 2018

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11:31 am _on_ October 24, 2018     
Tags: [mobile ( 216 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/mobile/)

# Mobile Team Update – October 23rd

WordPress iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. and Android version
11.0 were released for betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a
large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through
alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function
to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process.
testing. [Sign up here](https://testflight.apple.com/join/AkJQt8Pw) to join the 
beta program on iOS or follow [this link](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wordpress.android)
on your Android device, tap on _Become a beta tester_.

Highlights for the last two weeks:

 * GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress.
   The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making
   writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than
   shortcodes, custom HTML etc. [https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/](https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)
   mobile kicked off the integration with the main WordPress apps.
 * iOS: Want to copy the link to a comment? Long-press its timestamp label.
 * iOS: Want to know the word and character counts for posts? Check out the editor
   action sheet title.
 * Android: We cleaned out some code cobwebs to make everything faster and more 
   reliable.

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