Neowin News Feed for: Duolingo

Duolingo's AI content push backfires; an entire course loses key words

Paul Hill — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 06:08:01 +0000

Duolingo has developed a new AI-powered system to help build its language courses much faster, however, it experienced a pretty big screw up. Read more...

Duolingo drops nearly 150 new language courses, says AI helped build them

David Uzondu — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:38:01 +0000

Duolingo announced over 140 new language courses, and it says that generative AI played a huge role in their development. Read more...

Duolingo brings AI video calling to Android amid Mandarin learning boom driven by RedNote

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 06:22:02 +0000

Amid a surge in users to learn Mandarin to operate TikTok's Chinese alternative, RedNote, Duolingo has launched an AI-powered video call feature for all Android users. Read more...

Duolingo to reveal Adventures, video calls with Lily, and $249 digital piano

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:03:12 +0000

Duolingo to unveil new features, including Adventures for interactive storytelling, AI video calls with Lily for realistic practice, and a $249 digital piano to enhance its music course. Read more...

Duolingo rolls out math and music courses to Android users ahead of Duocon

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 12:48:42 +0000

Duolingo introduces math and music courses to Android users ahead of Duocon 2024. Users can explore hands-on learning experiences that enhance skills without traditional theory. Read more...

Duolingo wants to teach more than languages and its starting with maths and music

Paul Hill — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 05:08:01 +0000

Duolingo has announced that it's bringing maths and music lessons to its app. The new subjects will first arrive for iOS users before expanding more widely. The subjects can be accessed in the app. Read more...

Ukrainians turn to translation and language learning apps as they're forced to flee war

Paul Hill — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 20:32:01 +0000

Translation and language learning app downloads have spiked among Ukrainians as they flee the war and try to settle in other countries. Translation app downloads were up 71% month-over-month. Read more...

The world's most popular language-learning app adds Haitian Creole as its 41st language

Paul Hill — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 04:02:01 +0000

Duolingo just added its 41st language, Haitian Creole. The new course is still technically marked as a beta course which means more improvements will be made but you can start learning now. Read more...

Duolingo is now mixing A/B testing and copy testing to boost user engagement

Paul Hill — Fri, 14 Jan 2022 18:32:01 +0000

Learning a language is hard, that's why Duolingo is now using a tool called Expurrimenter to help boost user retention by trying out different messaging techniques in-app and in notifications. Read more...

Duolingo finally adds Mandarin, but only after High Valerian

Richard Tyr Blewitt — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:46:01 +0000

The popular language learning program Duolingo has finally added Mandarin. Users of Duolingo will apparently be able to get their Mandarin as high as level 3 on an official Chinese proficiency test. Read more...

7 days: A week of Azure outages, Black Friday deals, a Windows 10 kernel change and "becoming Clippy"

Steven Parker — Sun, 23 Nov 2014 12:32:02 +0000

This week saw devastating Azure outages, lot's of Black Friday deals and plenty of Windows 10 news which included a kernel change in our in-depth tech roundup of the week. Read more...

Duolingo and Wolfram Alpha launch official Windows Phone apps

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 12:04:01 +0000

Two big names are launching official apps for Windows Phone today. Duolingo helps you easily learn a second language while Wolfram Alpha can give you the answer to life, the universe and everything. Read more...