Merry (very belated) Christmas and Happy Holidays, Android folks. We bring gifts. Actual useful ones. Santa approved.

1) Mistake explanations for Japanese and Chinese
Got something wrong? Hit the Tell Me Why button and we’ll explain what happened, why it happened, and show extra example sentences so it actually sticks. No more staring at a red screen wondering what crime you committed.
If you’re about to hit Tell Me Why… we get it. We won’t ask questions. Just tap the button.

2) Alternative answers are now accepted (JP + CN)
If you forget the exact phrasing from the lesson or decide to flex some kanji you learned elsewhere, you won’t get punished for it. As long as your answer makes sense and doesn’t change the meaning, we’re cool with it.

Both features are still in beta, which means this is the part where you tell us what’s broken, confusing, annoying, or surprisingly great. If these work well, we want to roll them out to more languages. If they don’t, we fix them. Simple.

And .. One more thing:

We didn’t want learners of other languages to feel left out, so we added “View literal translation” to all Android courses. Sometimes seeing the word-for-word version helps. Sometimes it’s just interesting. Either way, try it and tell us what you think.

About AI

Yes, these features use generative ai. We use only the thinking model, so it is the most accurate and thinks through things first. If that’s not your thing, totally fair. You can turn them off anytime at
Me → Settings → AI features
Just toggle off Accept alternative answers and Mistake explanation.

Feedback welcome. Strong opinions encouraged. Polite roasting tolerated.
Screenshot attached if you want to take a look.