iPhone introduce new cards in random order

AnkiMobile (iPhone/iPad)
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Hi,

first of all, thanks for your great work, I am a big fan!
I ran into the following problem: I recently created a large number of new cards that I slowly want to introduce in my learning process. However, on top of that I also regularly add new cards for things that just come up.
On the desktop version, I set the option New Cards > Insertion order to Random which works fine.
However, I mostly review cards with anki through my phone and here, the new cards are always the latest cards I added (I normally add cards on the desktop) but I would like it to randomly select new cards as well.
But I can’t find an option for this in the app and it seems like it doesn’t synch the preference from the desktop version. Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks a lot and best wishes!!

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If you’re using recent versions of both desktop and AnkiMobile, the options should be the same. The deck options can be accessed in AnkiMobile by tapping on the gear/cog, then “Study Options”. You may also want to consider switching to the latest scheduler, as then you can adjust the new card order in the separate ‘display order’ section.

https://faqs.ankiweb.net/the-2021-scheduler.html

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Indeed, I wasn’t aware that I was using an old desktop version and updating fixed the problem. Thanks a lot for the fast response! Great work!

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