Qlango Changelog

Qlango Updates

Everything we have added and improved, month after month — new features, new languages, better games, more books, and a smoother way to learn.

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2026 in Numbers

A snapshot of 2026 so far.

2026 2025

53,963Messages from users

3,756Mistakes corrected

145Translations added

194Answer instructions

11New A1+A2 languages

12New B1 languages

24New B2 languages

5+5New C1 + C2 languages

2026 Timeline

Month by month — what we built, fixed, and shipped.

New Languages

Hausa, Shona & Xhosa

Qlango now supports three more widely spoken African languages, opening up new ways to learn and practise Hausa, Shona, and Xhosa.

Hausa support
Shona support
Xhosa support

New Game Mode

Word Duel: Hard Mode

Word Duel now offers a harder challenge. Put your vocabulary to the test with fewer clues, think faster, and see how well you can compete when every answer takes a little more effort.

A tougher Word Duel challenge
Made for confident learners
Play against friends and other learners

New Feature

Groups & Learning Insights

Create or join a group, learn together, and follow progress in one place. Personal Insights show your own learning activity, while Group Insights help members understand how the whole group is doing.

Personal learning insights
Group insights
Group settings and progress

New Learning Tool

Language Fact Sheets

Get to know a language before you begin—or discover more while you learn. Each fact sheet brings together useful background, distinctive features, and interesting details about the language.

Helpful language overview
Key characteristics
Interesting facts at a glance

Chat

Message Translation & AI Aid

Chat with people even when you do not know their language yet. Define the conversation language, translate individual messages when you need them, and use AI Aid to help you write a natural reply in that language.

Translate chat messages
AI-assisted replies
Conversation language setting
More confidence when chatting with learners

More Improvements

Smarter Learning, More Control

We also polished many smaller parts of Qlango to make everyday learning faster, clearer, and easier to personalise.

Turn dictation off directly inside a lesson
Better hints when writing an answer
Filters for Books and Decoding Stories
Faster, more reliable pronunciation preloading
Turn off the display of statistics
Apple sign-in now works in the web app
Improved recommended-lesson handling
New daily bonus
More precise filtering for weekly achievement awards

New Game

Word Search

Turn your Qlango lessons into colorful word-search puzzles. Find hidden translations in every direction, choose the difficulty that suits you, and complete every grid from A1 to C2 while practising vocabulary in a completely new way.

Lesson-based puzzles
3 difficulty modes
Words in 8 directions
Hints & pronunciation
Level achievements

New Feature

Share Your Achievements

Your progress deserves to be celebrated. New achievement screens turn completed levels, finished stories, game results, and diplomas into polished pictures that you can share with friends, family, and fellow learners.

Shareable achievement pictures
Game results
Completed levels & stories
Diplomas as pictures

New Feature

Referral Rewards

Invite friends to learn with you and both get one week of Premium. Share your unique code, and when they start learning, you both unlock Premium access — no strings attached.

Share referral code
7 days Premium for you
7 days Premium for friend
Unlimited invites

New Feature

Word Duel

Challenge other learners who are studying the same language as you. Accept duels from friends or start new ones — test your vocabulary in real-time competition and climb the leaderboard.

Challenge other learners
Same-language matching
Real-time gameplay
Leaderboards

New Game

Quiz

A Wordle-style trivia game where users answer knowledge questions in English, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Dutch, Italian, Turkish, and Portuguese.

Trivia questions
Wordle-style
9 languages

New Feature

Weekly Reward

Users earn crystals at the end of each week based on how well they fulfilled their learning plan — tracked per course, so every language counts.

Crystal rewards
Per-course tracking
Weekly cadence

Improvements

Expanded Premium Features

Premium subscription now includes an expanded list of exclusive benefits: unlimited personal AI teacher, all 80 languages included, unlimited lessons, offline learning, unlimited hints, and an ad-free experience.

Unlimited AI teacher
All languages included
Unlimited lessons
Offline learning
Unlimited hints
Ad-free experience

Improvements

Android Widgets, Subtitles & AI

Android home screen widgets were improved and corrected. Users can now toggle pictures in lessons on or off, toggle subtitles in Learn, and a new AI prompt helps explain each character separately for non-Latin script languages.

Android widget fix
Toggle pictures
Toggle subtitles
AI character tip

New Game

Decoding Stories

Decode all 80 stories in all supported languages except Latin, one letter at a time. Guessing words and sentences keeps grammar rules in memory far longer than standard lessons — this one was my personal wish.

80 stories
79 languages
Letter-by-letter
Grammar retention

Learning Content

80 New Books

We added 44 new books in 67 languages and 36 new books in 79 languages, and significantly improved the quality of book pronunciations.

44 books · 67 languages
36 books · 79 languages
Better audio quality

Improvements

Onboarding, Tutorial & Navigation

New users see a guided tutorial when they first open the app. The Knowledge test now lets you jump directly to the level that needs work. The Diploma was moved to Theme Selection, and lesson scrolling was significantly improved.

First-run tutorial
Jump to right level
Diploma in Theme Selection
Smoother scrolling

New Feature

iOS Widget

A home screen widget for iOS keeps your streak and daily progress visible before you even open the app.

iOS home screen
Streak visibility
Daily reminder

New Feature

Type the Missing Word

A new answer mode where learners must type the single missing word from a sentence — a more active form of practice than multiple choice.

Active recall
Sentence context
Typing input

Improvements

Games, UI Translations, Control & Streaks

Minute Rush, Guessing Words, and Unscramble all received significant gameplay improvements. About 800 UI texts were translated into all 80 languages. Users can now reset level progress, delete downloaded pronunciations to free space, and buy one missing streak day for 200 crystals.

Better game handling
800 UI texts · 80 languages
Reset progress
Delete pronunciations
Streak day recovery
Onboarding flow

New Feature

Pronunciation Practice Pro

AI-powered pronunciation coaching: listen to the model, record yourself, and get detailed feedback. Supported in 29 languages including Arabic, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, and more.

AI evaluation
29 languages
Record & compare

New Feature

User Chat

Learners can now find other users studying the same language and chat directly with them — making Qlango a place to practice with real people, not just the app.

User-to-user chat
Find language partners
Real practice

New Language

Zulu Added

Zulu (A1+A2) joins the Qlango family, bringing the total to over 80 supported languages.

Zulu A1+A2

Learning Content

B2 Added for 6 Languages

Intermediate-advanced content is now available for Estonian, Armenian, Macedonian, Esperanto, Georgian, and Hebrew.

Estonian B2
Armenian B2
Macedonian B2
Esperanto B2
Georgian B2
Hebrew B2

New Feature

Unlimited Lessons via Ads

Users can now watch an ad to unlock 3 extra lessons beyond the daily free limit — as many times as they want. No premium subscription required to keep learning.

No daily cap
Watch ad → +3 lessons
Free option

New Languages

7 New Languages + Major B1, B2 & C1/C2 Expansion

Luxembourgish, Afrikaans, Bosnian, Maltese, Scottish Gaelic, Yoruba, and Igbo join at A1+A2. B1 added for 9 languages, B2 for 16 languages, and C1+C2 for French and Italian.

Luxembourgish
Afrikaans
Bosnian
Maltese
Scottish Gaelic
Yoruba
Igbo
+9 B1 languages
+16 B2 languages
French C1+C2
Italian C1+C2

New Feature

Offline Mode

Download a complete level and keep learning without an internet connection — perfect for commutes, travel, or spotty connections.

Full level download
No internet needed
Travel-friendly

Learning Content

C1 & C2 for Polish, Ukrainian, Spanish + More B1 & B2

Advanced content reaches new languages: C1 and C2 for Polish, Ukrainian, and Spanish. B1 added for Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, and Latvian. B2 for Arabic and European Portuguese.

Polish C1+C2
Ukrainian C1+C2
Spanish C1+C2
Japanese B1
Brazilian Portuguese B1
Arabic B2
European Portuguese B2

More 2026 Highlights

Games

Japanese, Chinese (Simplified & Traditional), Cantonese, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and Korean added to Minute Rush and Guessing Words. Japanese, Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, and Korean added to Unscramble. RTL support added across Minute Rush, Guessing Words, and Unscramble for Arabic, Persian, Pattani Malay, Urdu, Uyghur, and Hebrew.

Content Quality

3,756 mistakes corrected, 145 additional translations, 194 new answer instructions across all language pairs.

German Pronunciation

The quality of German pronunciation was significantly improved. Book pronunciation quality also improved across all languages.

2025 in Numbers

A full year of content, corrections, and new languages.

2026 2025

64,173Messages from users

6,371Mistakes corrected

522Translations added

494Answer instructions

21New A1 languages

47New A2 languages

24New B1 languages

8+5+5New B2 + C1 + C2 languages

2025 Timeline

The year we reached 80 languages and added pronunciation, pictures, AI FAQ, and much more.

New Feature

Pictures for A2

A2 lessons now include illustrations to reinforce vocabulary visually — making early learning more engaging and memorable.

Visual vocabulary
A2 level
All A2 languages

New Feature

AI FAQ Shortcuts

Ask AI now shows a list of frequently asked questions so users can tap a ready-made prompt instead of having to write their own — while still being able to ask anything custom.

One-tap questions
Custom questions still work

Learning Content

B1 for 18 Languages · C1+C2 for German, Russian, Serbian & Czech

B1 added for Dutch, Danish, Arabic, European Portuguese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified), Hindi, Turkish, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Greek, Romanian, Finnish, Swedish, Albanian, Norwegian (Bokmål), and Danish. C1+C2 for German and Russian; C1+C2 for Serbian; C2 for Czech.

18 new B1 languages
German C1+C2
Russian C1+C2
Serbian C1+C2
Czech C2

Localization

27 New UI Languages

The Qlango interface is now translated into 27 additional languages, including Armenian, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Catalan, Traditional Chinese, Esperanto, Frisian, Georgian, Irish, Galician, Icelandic, Kyrgyz, Kurmanji, Pattani Malay (Jawi), Persian, Swahili, Tamil, Tatar, Tajik, Turkmen, Uyghur, Urdu, Uzbek, Welsh, and Cantonese.

27 UI languages added

New Feature

Pronunciation Practice

Listen to the correct pronunciation, record your own, compare the two side by side, and re-record until you are satisfied.

Listen to native audio
Record yourself
Side-by-side comparison
Re-record as needed

Learning Content

Malay B1 · Polish B2 · Croatian B2

B1 content added for Malay. B2 added for Polish and Croatian in September.

Malay B1
Polish B2
Croatian B2

Learning Content

B1 & B2 for Indonesian and Thai

Intermediate and upper-intermediate content is now available for two popular Southeast Asian languages.

Indonesian B1
Indonesian B2
Thai B1
Thai B2

New Languages

Welsh & Tamil Added

Two more languages join Qlango at A1+A2 levels.

Welsh A1+A2
Tamil A1+A2

Learning Content

Polish B1

Intermediate content for Polish is now live, giving learners a clear path from A2 onward.

Polish B1

New Languages

11 New Languages at A1+A2

Galician, Irish, Azerbaijani, Urdu, Filipino, Swahili, Turkmen, Kyrgyz, Tajik, Kurmanji (Northern Kurdish), and Mexican Spanish all join Qlango with beginner content.

Galician
Irish
Azerbaijani
Urdu
Filipino
Swahili
Turkmen
Kyrgyz
Tajik
Kurmanji
Mexican Spanish

Learning Content

B1 & B2 Expansion

B1 added for Mexican Spanish, Slovak, and Croatian. B2 added for Mexican Spanish, Italian, and Slovak.

Mexican Spanish B1+B2
Slovak B1+B2
Croatian B1
Italian B2

New Languages

Indonesian, Uzbek, Malay, Basque & Vietnamese

Five new languages join Qlango at A1+A2 to start the year.

Indonesian
Uzbek
Malay
Basque
Vietnamese