diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values-ca/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values-ca/strings.xml
index 4b524ce32..18f55494a 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values-ca/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values-ca/strings.xml
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@
     <string name="dictionary">Diccionari:</string>
 
     <!-- about dialog stuff -->
-    <string name="about_versf">Crosswords per a l\'Android, Versió 4.4 a1,
+    <string name="about_versf">Crosswords per a l\'Android, Versió %s,
     rev %s.</string>
     <string name="about_copyright">Copyright (C) 1998-2010 d\'Eric
     House. Aquest programari es troba sota la Llicència Pública General GNU.</string>
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml
index 4055b4130..01304c2f4 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@
     <string name="dictionary">Dictionary:</string>
 
     <!-- about dialog stuff -->
-    <string name="about_versf">Crosswords for Android, Version 4.4 a3,
+    <string name="about_versf">Crosswords for Android, Version %s,
     rev %s.</string>
     <string name="about_copyright">Copyright (C) 1998-2010 by Eric
     House. This software is released under the GNU Public
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Utils.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Utils.java
index c74076591..b7e465cc6 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Utils.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/Utils.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public class Utils {
         final View view = factory.inflate( R.layout.about_dlg, null );
         TextView vers = (TextView)view.findViewById( R.id.version_string );
         vers.setText( String.format( context.getString(R.string.about_versf), 
+                                     XWConstants.VERSION_STR, 
                                      SvnVersion.VERS ) );
 
         TextView xlator = (TextView)view.findViewById( R.id.about_xlator );
diff --git a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/XWConstants.java b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/XWConstants.java
index 2c8e84c90..ffc5eeb6a 100644
--- a/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/XWConstants.java
+++ b/xwords4/android/XWords4/src/org/eehouse/android/xw4/XWConstants.java
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ package org.eehouse.android.xw4;
 public interface XWConstants {
     public static final String GAME_EXTN = ".xwg";
     public static final String DICT_EXTN = ".xwd";
+    public static final String VERSION_STR = "4.4 b1";
 }