Title: Mobile Team Update – April 6th
Author: Stefanos Togoulidis
Published: April 6, 2021

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hypest/) [Stefanos Togoulidis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hypest/)
2:59 pm _on_ April 6, 2021     
Tags: [mobile ( 216 )](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/tag/mobile/)

# Mobile Team Update – April 6th

WordPress iOSiOS The operating system used on iPhones and iPads. and Android version
17.1 is available for testing. [Sign up here](https://testflight.apple.com/join/AkJQt8Pw)
to join the 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. 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:

 * **BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that,
   composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress
   editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with
   shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and
   user experience. Editor**: “Switch to classic” in-editor option removed.
 * **Full Site Editing:** Converted previews on page creation to use web views on
   iOS, fixed memory leak on layout picker selector on iOS, fixed bug allowing desktop
   preview horizontal scrolling on some Android devices.
 * **Other projects:** Login prologue updates in iOS, and various bug fixes. Also,
   white headers shipped in v17.0 on iOS.
 * **Infrastructure:** finished the 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 composite build integration changes for WPAndroid, switched to S3 for 
   our Maven needs.

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