New AI video coach plans: 30 and 90 minutes a month. Paid AI video calls now last up to 15 minutes. Every AI call ends with a coach report, and your next session works on your weak spots. A clearer subscription screen.

Meet AI Video Chat. Your conversation partner is AI. The face-to-face feeling? Surprisingly human. • Practise a new language through live video conversations. • Build on past sessions with a coach that remembers your goals and helps you work on weak spots. • Get grammar, vocabulary and fluency feedback, with clear next steps. Try your first 2-minute conversation free. One trial per person and device.

Searching no longer has to happen at the same second Finding a partner meant two people tapping search within the same half-minute. At this size that almost never happened: you waited, saw nobody, and gave up — while someone wanting exactly your language turned up twenty minutes later. A search now stays behind after you leave it. When the next person looks for that language, you get a notification and can come back and meet them. Nobody has to be lucky with timing any more. The "notify me" option also appears a few seconds into a search instead of near the end of one. That is why almost nobody ever saw it. Discover now lists only people who are really around. The list is shorter, and it tells the truth: if someone is on it, you can call them. Being on a notify list no longer lets strangers ring your phone — it only means you'll hear when someone is looking. You are now asked before anything you say or write goes to the AI services that power AI Coach, Speak Sprint and Speak Balloon, and before your name goes on a public leaderboard. Both are switches in your profile settings, changeable whenever you like.

Calling from Discover works Tapping someone in Discover often came back with "They're not available to call right now", even when they were right there and open to calls. Discover and the calling code disagreed about what "available" means; they use the same definition now. If someone is listed, you can call them. Your AI Coach lesson no longer eats into your daily talk time with people. The two have separate allowances, but a lesson was quietly spending both. Also: a few people who had been suspended were still showing up on the leaderboards.

Shadowing now speaks German 30 new lessons across three ranks — Alltag, Im Restaurant, Gesellschaft & Arbeit — beginner through advanced, recorded the same way as the English set. The app now picks your target language on its own, so a German learner lands on German. Switch at the top of the Shadowing screen whenever you like. Also fixed: the German lessons were rendered too slow at first, and the speed picker stopped at 100% with nowhere left to go. Both corrected.

Shadowing, rebuilt Shadowing means repeating a native speaker almost word for word — copying their rhythm, stress and melody, not just the words. This release turns it into a proper lesson. Every lesson now runs in six stages: • Listen — hear the whole clip once, no text • Read & Listen — the same clip with the words in front of you • Guided Shadow — phrase by phrase, pausing so you can say it back • Shadow — speak along while it keeps playing, without stopping for mistakes • Listen to Yourself — your own recording played straight after the original • Full Run — the whole clip at real speed, no text Speed and how much text you see follow your level, and you can override either at any time. There is no score anywhere: nothing is analysing your speech yet, and a number would only pretend otherwise. 30 lessons in three ranks • Daily Life (Beginner) — everyday situations, short sentences • Restaurant (Intermediate) — one evening out, from the booking to the bill • Science & Space (Advanced) — real speakers at natural pace A rank opens when your level reaches it, or when you finish the rank before it. Calls Your camera now starts off, and it only switches on once both people have asked for it. Nobody's video reaches someone who is still audio-only. Matching You can now ask to be matched with people of your own gender. If nobody is free, you decide whether to widen the search, your setting stays as it is.

Shadowing A new way to practise: repeat after a native speaker, line by line. Shadowing means copying their rhythm, stress and melody not just the words and it is one of the fastest ways to start sounding natural. Ten short clips, three modes: • Listen (75%) — slowed down, one line at a time • Assisted Try (100%) — full speed, still line by line • Simulation (100%) — the clip runs from start to finish with no stops. Speak along with the speaker. Finish a level to unlock the next one. Your practised clips appear on your profile. English clips for now; more languages are coming. Hall of Fame A third board ranks the deepest shadowers by the levels they have climbed. Discover Partner cards now show when someone was last online, so "online now" means what it says. People who asked to be notified are marked, and the list only counts the last three hours.

Speak Balloon comes to iPhone Pop balloons, find the word, say it out loud — the game Android players have been enjoying is now on iOS. A new Hall of Fame • Speaking — the most active speakers of the last 30 days, with profile photos, language flags and gold, silver and bronze medals • Speak Balloon — a fresh weekly high-score race Playing Speak Sprint and Speak Balloon on more days multiplies your Speaking score. Fixes • Some accounts could get stuck and were unable to start a search at all. Fixed — and it can no longer happen. • The searching screen no longer shows a technical error message, and a layout glitch at the bottom is gone.

New: Speak Balloon — now on iPhone! Pop balloons to uncover the hidden word, then say it out loud to score. Watch out for black balloons, grab the gold one for an instant win, and climb the Hall of Fame. • New practice mode: Speak Balloon word game • Say the word and build a sentence for bonus points • Hall of Fame leaderboard • Bug fixes and performance improvements

Introducing Speak Sprint — a fast, fun speaking game! • Speak Sprint: an emoji flashes, you have seconds to say it out loud, and you get instant scoring on vocabulary, grammar, and speed. Play in word or sentence mode. • Prompts adapt to your level (A1–C2), so beginners get easy words and advanced learners get a real challenge. • Redesigned Discover — find practice partners and jump into AI Coach or Speak Sprint faster. • More reliable speech capture on Android. • Smoother scoring and timing, plus various bug fixes. Open the app and tap Speak Sprint on Discover to try it!

• Live captions now show the AI Coach's full reply, sentence to sentence. • Discover refreshes on its own — online partners appear and update in real time. • Your post-call rating is always saved now, even if you leave the screen early. • Tapping a "partner's ready" notification reliably drops you straight into practice. Smoother, more reliable, and ready when you are.

Say hallo to your AI Coach • NEW: AI Coach — a voice partner you can practice with anytime, in English or German. Just talk; it listens, replies, and gently corrects you. • A warm, redesigned call screen with live reactions while you speak. • A brand-new conversation report: swipe through your fixes, see your best line, and read your coach's takeaway. • More natural, human-sounding voices. Thanks for speaking with us — keep that streak going!

Call partners directly from Discover — ring someone at your level for a 1:1 chat. Redesigned streak flamewith a weekly view on Home. Practice Hour scheduled sessions. New app icon + call stability & audio fixes.

What's New You can now call people directly from Discover! Browse who's online, ring someone at your level, and start a 1:1 practice call instantly — they accept or decline. Plus a new "Open to calls" toggle so you're in control. Practice Hour: scheduled sessions so there's always someone to talk to Streak fixes, screen stays awake during calls, and general improvements.

What's new in 1.0.2 • Conversation starters — pick from a rotating list of icebreakers while you wait for a match. • Notification controls — turn push notifications on or off from your profile. • Fix: the screen no longer dims and turns off during a call — calls stay alive. • Polish: smoother first launch and clearer rating choices.

Never miss a conversation! • New: While searching for a partner, tap "Notify me" and we'll send you a notification the moment someone's ready to practice — no need to keep the app open. • Tap the notification to jump straight back into finding your partner. • Various improvements and bug fixes.