Speaking practice now feels like a real conversation. Your tutor responds in real time, understands you more reliably, and guides you through each scene without breaking the flow. New • Practice guided scenes and roleplays with live voice conversations. • Understand scene partners more easily. Beginners see an explanation automatically, while experienced learners can reveal it when needed. • Finish each guided scene with a recap of the useful Mandarin phrases you practiced. Improved • Clearer scene briefings show the situation and your speaking goal before you begin. • Smoother handoffs between the scene character, your tutor, and your turn to speak. • More reliable recording, retries, reconnects, and lesson progression. • Refreshed onboarding, roleplay, progress, profile, settings, and loading screens.

Speaking practice now feels more dependable, with cleaner transcript endings and safer retries when your connection drops. Improved • Hold to speak now stops recording the moment you release while still allowing recognition to finish your last words. • Tutor replies and lesson copy feel more natural and consistent. • Changing your topic or tutor language now refreshes your learning content more reliably. • Onboarding and sign in recover more smoothly when something is interrupted. Fixed • Reduced lost speaking turns and duplicate progress after interrupted requests. • Improved subscription status syncing and several background reliability issues.

Mandarin speaking practice feels smoother and more natural in 1.1, with clearer voice playback, better scene setup, and fewer dead ends. New • Guided scene practice now has a clearer setup flow, including scene details before you start. • The onboarding voice check now listens for 你好, so new learners can confirm speaking works before jumping in. Improved • Tutor audio now uses Standard Mandarin at normal speed for clearer Chinese pronunciation. • Word lookup stays within reach during reading lessons, and mic errors are shown more clearly. • Voice lessons redraw less often, helping long practice sessions feel smoother. • Privacy and account controls are clearer, including consent and restore purchase feedback. Fixed • Better handling for wait-drill retries, sign-out confirmation, streak timing, stuck loading states, and awkward generated practice prompts.