New words — expanded the dictionary with additional commonly used vocabulary across all 8 languages. Faster searches — searches for words not yet in the dictionary now return immediately instead of remaining on “Processing…”. Improved Phrase of the Day — refined the daily feed and widget to feature more natural and useful expressions.

Phrase of the Day, upgraded — The daily feed and home-screen widget now feature every idiom in the dictionary alongside common everyday expressions, freshly shuffled to keep things varied. More natural example sentences — Dozens of entries that previously showed repetitive samples now provide five genuinely different, real-life examples across a range of tones. Cleaner search results — When a word cannot be translated accurately, you will now see a clear “Not found” message instead of an awkward machine-generated phrase. New everyday words — High schooler, homebody, newlywed, tween, twentysomething, and more, now available in all 8 languages. Dictionary fixes — Added missing meanings to word cards.

Big Japanese upgrade: dozens of common words added, and polite verb forms now work. Kanji and kana spellings both find the same word. Cleaner, more everyday results.

Phrase of the Day, refreshed — now packed with real-life idioms and everyday expressions people actually use, instead of finance and technical terms. New everyday vocabulary — added common car & driving words (high beam, fog light, tail light, dashcam, sunroof, cruise control, blind spot, and more) across all 8 languages. Better lookups in every language — searching a word in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and beyond now shows the full word card (pronunciation, part of speech, and meanings), just like English searches. Stability and polish.

Phrase of the Day, refreshed — now packed with real-life idioms and everyday expressions people actually use, instead of finance and technical terms. New everyday vocabulary — added common car & driving words (high beam, fog light, tail light, dashcam, sunroof, cruise control, blind spot, and more) across all 8 languages. Better lookups in every language — searching a word in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and beyond now shows the full word card (pronunciation, part of speech, and meanings), just like English searches. Stability and polish.

Thousands more words now show meanings by part of speech — noun, verb, adjective, and more — translated across all 8 languages. More natural examples: each of the five tones — casual, professional, street, romantic, email — now reads like a real situation, not a reworded copy. Phrase of the Day, refreshed: everyday-useful and authentically native expressions, with the obscure ones removed. Sharper search: the exact word you type reliably comes up first. Polished the home-screen widget.

More words now show meanings by part of speech, helping you find the exact definition you need faster. Tap any meaning in the word overview to jump directly to its translation card.

New: Word Overview Card Search a single word and you'll now see a clean dictionary-style summary card up top - part of speech, US & UK pronunciation, and meanings in your language, all at a glance. No more scrolling card by card to piece it together. Tap a related expression to dive deeper. No exact match? We'll suggest the closest words. American & British Accent Toggle A new accent switch in Settings (under voice preference). Pick American or British and all English audio follows your choice. Tapping the UK pronunciation now correctly plays British - and respects your male/female voice setting too. Smarter Pronunciation UK IPA now shows next to US on thousands more words. Voice selection never plays the wrong gender anymore (e.g. female British now stays female). Sharper Search Exact words now rank first - type "Lag" and you get Lag, not "Jet lag". Cleaner translations for Chinese compound words (no more "politics Degree" oddities). We no longer echo your own word back as a "translation" when it matches. More Words & Slang Added everyday informal vocab and slang - pinkie, belly button, lemme, dunno, say less, veg out, brainfreeze, and more. Polish Cleaner part-of-speech labels (no more overlapping the buttons). Fixed the clear (x) button so the mic no longer lights up by mistake. The home-screen widget and the in-app Daily phrase now always match. Tidied up dictionary entries for a more consistent look.

Improved Disambiguation via Part-of-Speech Tagging: All result cards now display part-of-speech classifications, facilitating immediate differentiation between words with multiple semantic senses. Morphological Navigation: Implemented interactive navigation chips for derived word forms. Users can now directly access the base verb from its conjugated or modified forms. This update encompasses over 4,800 word pairs. Expanded Digital Lexicon: Added 26 highly prevalent terms related to gaming, internet culture, technology, and major social media platforms to the dictionary database. Translation Accuracy Enhancements: Resolved translation fallback errors. Entries that previously defaulted to English now correctly display their accurate localized equivalents. English Text-to-Speech Enhancements: Corrected a playback routing error affecting regional accents and implemented a persistent, application-wide toggle for selecting curated American or British voice profiles.

Verb tense awareness. Type ran, running, was, making — the app tells you it's the past tense / -ing form of run / be / make, and shows the base-word entry. Covers 150+ irregular verbs and most common regulars. Pronunciation + grammar. Word entries now show UK and US IPA pronunciation alongside part-of-speech tags (noun / verb / adjective). Tap an IPA to hear it. Related expressions. Every word card lists real dictionary phrases containing that word — tap to jump straight to those entries. "Don't confuse with" warnings. Look-alike pairs like naval ↔ navel, affect ↔ effect, desert ↔ dessert are surfaced as tappable warnings. More everyday vocabulary. Added math, geometry and science basics (square, circle, distribution, atom, gravity), plus everyday words that were missing (weekdays, colors, numbers, family terms, emotions). Faster app launch. Trimmed the startup bundle in half; app opens noticeably quicker.

Boosted search feedback speed and accuracy.

Performance Boost: Faster startup times and smoother overall app performance. Localized Cantonese Updates: Enhanced Hong Kong Cantonese entries, now featuring natural HK-style English mixing for a more authentic experience. Smart Synonym Highlights: Search results now clearly highlight matched related terms, showing you exactly why an entry appeared. Improved Multiple-Meaning Support: Ambiguous expressions are now broken down into separate result cards to cover every context and nuance. Dictionary Optimization: Cleaned up archaic definitions, fixed duplicate entries, and added modern social media and dating vocabulary.

Fixes display issues on iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe — CJK characters, emojis, and country flags all render properly again. Search is dramatically smarter: punctuation, hyphens, and contractions no longer block matches, and close curated entries always beat AI-assembled fallbacks. Expanded dictionary with hundreds of new entries and authentic Hong Kong Cantonese phrasing.

Fixed incorrect or meaningless sentences in the dictionary.

Expanded our library! We’ve added dog and cat breeds from all over the world.

Dictionary update: Refined localized phrasing and fixed formatting issues for certain items.

Database Expansion: Significant increase in dictionary entries and cross-references. Enhanced Search Algorithm: Optimized search logic for improved accuracy, reduced latency, and better handling of complex queries.

Fixed a startup bug to ensure the app opens smoothly every time. Vocabulary Update: Added comprehensive new entries for finance, trade, internet, and science.

Dictionary structure optimization: Optimized dictionary schema to reduce memory overhead and improve data retrieval speeds. Search logic fix: Corrected underlying search algorithms to improve query precision and eliminate edge-case errors.

Fixed Database Syncing: Resolved an issue where updating the app didn't always provide the latest dictionary data by adding a new automatic refresh system that detects and installs the newest offline database version immediately after an update.

Optimized Dictionary Matching: Experience more reliable results with our upgraded search engine, specifically tuned for higher accuracy and relevance.

Lexicon Expansion: Incorporate localized colloquialisms and regional dialects into the daily usage database. Resolved an intermittent issue where the application would occasionally hang on the launch screen. Enhanced the startup sequence with a new progress bar to provide real-time loading feedback.

Dictionary Update: "Dictionary Optimization: Expanded the terminology database and refreshed existing entries." Widget Update: "Revise the text displayed within the widget for consistency."

Dictionary Update: Expanded database and general content refinements.

Widget Fix: Resolved display issues for better visibility. Dictionary Update: Revised definitions and expanded entries. Performance: Improved stability and overall app speed.