See the latest updates on Langua

V1 of the Android & iPhone apps will be released to Pro subscribers this week. The app will be focused on the most popular aspect of Langua: the conversations. Later this month, we'll add flashcards to the apps, as well as a host of other improvements.

Below you can see the most recent updates. You can also see what's coming next here.

Nov 20th: Improved conversations, including a couple of new settings:

Ask me to repeat corrections
Do not always ask me a Q (makes the conversation feel a bit more natural)

These two settings apply to the general chats and debates. They don't work so well in other conversations so we don't apply them everywhere.

Nov 15th: Google has decided to stop allowing sites like ours from importing YouTube videos. So unfortunately, importing videos is currently not possible. 🙁 You can still import texts & search for any podcast. We'll look into other import options in future.

Nov 4th: You can now update tags in bulk on the vocab page, as well as rename tags.

Oct 25th:

Improved import of vocab from outside Langua - import directly in Langua (with tags). If translations are missing, we will add them. The same applies to the bulk import from Google Sheets.
Export vocab to a CSV in a click (popular with Anki users).

Oct 21st:

Custom debates - in addition to the existing debate topics, you can now select ‘custom’ and the AI will give you debate ideas based on topics that interest you.
Fixed the tendency for the AI to always default to 'a)' in multiple choice Qs.

Oct 17th:

When you can click on a word, then 'all meanings', you'll see an option to save all translations in one flashcard.
10 new languages - Russian, Greek, Turkish, Hindi, Polish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian & Czech. Asian languages coming soon 👀 (but first, the mobile apps...)

Oct 3rd:

After clicking on a word, you'll see a new option: phrases. Our AI will show you 3-5 of the most common phrases that include the word you've translated. These can be saved to your account.
The 'All meanings' option now uses AI instead of Microsoft. This means it'll work with any combination of languages (Microsoft was only working for translations to English).

Sept 27th: Drag to translate phrases (works only on laptops - for touch devices, use the translator button at the bottom). More info here.

Sept 24th: Download a PDF of the transcript from your conversation. This can be generated together with the feedback report, or as a separate document. The transcript will include any translations, corrections or alternatives you've generated. You can download it via the hang up (phone icon) button near 'record', as well as from below the feedback report.

Sept 15th:

More voices/dialects - Spanish, Italian and German now have some new voices. For Spanish, new dialects include Chilean, Peruvian and Uruguayan. We know there is demand for other dialects but it is limited by our tech providers. For Spanish, we've also added a voice model that reduces latency (the time you wait for a response after you reply). You'll see further speed improvements soon. We've kept the older model as the default for now as the newer model is less stable with pronunciation. You can try the new model via the chat settings.
Many of you have told us you want more control when using flashcards - to effectively override the spaced repetition algorithm. This is now possible! When you select a filter, this will be applied when you start a flashcards exercise. Words and sentences you create via the 'generate' button will be auto-tagged. You can edit tags via the pencil. We'll add a bulk edit option soon.
Search bar added to flashcards page - find vocabulary more easily (useful for editing)

Sept 9th:

Instantly generate lists of words (flashcards) related to your specific interests. You can also generate sentences that contain your saved words to help you learn through context. Click the ‘Generate’ button on the flashcards page to give it a try!
Improved design of the translation pop up on mobile (further translation improvements coming very soon)
Improved corrections and alternative phrasing

August 27th: You can now bulk delete vocab you've saved.

August 22nd:

New conversational exercise for intermediate-advanced learners: learn idioms! The AI will give you an idiom within a sentence, and you'll guess its meaning. You can also ask to explain the idiom if desired.
Improved formatting of corrections (including bolding corrections, works 90% of the time)
A little gamification to motivate you to practice regularly. Earn points by chatting and reviewing flashcards, and check out the leaderboard on this page to see your rank. We also fixed streak tracking and set it up so you will maintain your streak by replying at least 5 times or reviewing 10 flashcards. Previously, streaks were not being counted accurately. Unfortunately, they had to be reset in order to get the new system ready and provide accurate data. Sorry about this. We promise streak data will be accurate and preserved from now on.
As you know, we have hands-free options in the chat settings. But if you're recording a long reply on your mobile, your screen might go off. We've made a change to ensure your screen stays on when you're talking.

August 19th:

NEW: Pronunciation feedback - currently available for Spanish, French and English (until our tech partner expands into other languages). When you click the lightbulb button for suggestions for what to reply, you'll now see the option to record yourself and get pronunciation feedback before sending the message. It's not perfect, but it is a great way to test and improve your pronunciation!

August 9th:

This week, our default AI provider had a major outage. Fortunately, we provide the ability to switch to a model from another provider via the settings (before or during a conversation). You can switch to 'V2' if you ever experience errors, just remember to switch back after as V1 is noticeably better.
The AI now knows your name, and its own name. We've excluded this knowledge from roleplays for now.
Improved readability - longer responses are now split into separate paragraphs/lines.
New explainer video to help you understand how to converse with AI effectively.
Fixed generating interactive transcripts for videos. YouTube had made a change that made things difficult for us.

August 2nd:

New conversations for improving your grammar! Practice a specific tense or other aspect of grammar via a number of targeted exercises.
Improved 'chat about anything, ask me to repeat corrections' chat option. The AI will now get you to repeat the corrected sentence before it attempts to continue to conversation.
Added ability to switch AI model via the settings modal. This can be useful if you encounter an AI error during a conversation, for example if the default provider is experiencing downtime.
New voice for American English (Morgan). He sounds a bit like Morgan Freeman...

July 30th:

NEW: Click the phone icon button at the bottom of the conversation to either close and return to the conversation options, or get a detailed feedback report that includes corrections and how you can improve. You can also download it as a PDF and share it with your tutor. This is only V1 of the report, please do let us know what you think and whether you would like to see anything else included.
You now have access to the smartest AI model on the planet. You should notice some differences in the quality and clarity of responses, corrections and explanations.
We've added a Preferred Dialect field in Settings. This will allow you to hear words spoken in the correct dialect in flashcards, content imports, and the translation modal. Note, you already have the ability to select your preferred dialect from within the AI chat tool.

What's coming next? 👀

Including the article and gender for nouns in the translation modal
A faster chat mode, which will feel more like you're having a call with someone.
Beginner-friendly guided conversations
Lots more languages
You can see other things we're planning, as well as suggest and vote on ideas here!