2.7.7
2022-12-06
• Improved iOS 16 compatibility
• Bug fixes
2.7.6
2022-04-21
• Improved iOS 15 compatibility
• Bug fixes
2.7.5
2021-06-09
• Bug Fixes
2.7.4
2021-02-11
• Bug Fixes
2.7.3
2021-01-13
Improved support for right-to-left languages
2.7.2
2020-10-26
• Improved iOS 14 compatibility
• Bug fixes
2.7.1
2019-12-31
• Bug Fixes
2.7
2019-12-12
• New Languages: Kurdish Kurmanji, Nahuatl (Central), Polish, Romanian, Somali, Tamil, Ukrainian
• Minimum iOS version is now iOS 12
• Improved support for iOS 13
• Added support for dark mode
• All text sizes are now adjusted to use the device text size in the Settings app
• Bug fixes
2.6.2
2018-11-06
• Bug fixes for iOS 12
• Improved support for iPhone X models
2.6.1
2017-08-19
• Search results now include Grammar content and categories
• Bug Fixes
2.6
2017-08-11
• Search results now include Grammar content and categories
• Bug Fixes
2.5.1
2017-05-16
GRAMMAR
• Observe how different words change a sentence to help you understand the grammar and sentence structure of the language you’re learning
• Change words in sentences from singular to plural, future to past tense, and more
• Various bug fixes in 2.5.1
NOTES
• Romanization is not available in Grammar at this time
• Grammar audio uses the text-to-speech feature of your device; the languages and audio can be configured in your device settings
• Grammar is available in the following languages: Bengali, Chinese Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese Mandarin (Simplified), English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Myanmar, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
2.5
2017-05-01
GRAMMAR
• Observe how different words change a sentence to help you understand the grammar and sentence structure of the language you’re learning
• Change words in sentences from singular to plural, future to past tense, and more
NOTES
• Romanization is not available in Grammar at this time
• Grammar audio uses the text-to-speech feature of your device; the languages and audio can be configured in your device settings
• Grammar is available in the following languages: Bengali, Chinese Cantonese (Traditional), Chinese Mandarin (Simplified), English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Myanmar, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Tagalog, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese
2.4.1
2017-03-09
What's new in 2.4.1:
• Bug Fixes
What's new in 2.4:
PICTURES
• Learn useful vocabulary with pictures
• Tap on any object in a scene to see and hear its translation
ACTIVITIES
• Play three new learning games in any category or collection. Words that you get wrong are displayed more often.
• LOOK - Choose the translation of what you see
• LISTEN - Choose the translation of what you hear
• MATCH - Select matching pairs
Improvements to Activities
• Flashcard rating has been simplified
• Audio Lesson setting enhancements
HOME
• Receive encouragement to learn new words with featured content and activities
• Access recently viewed categories
2.4
2017-03-02
PICTURES
• Learn useful vocabulary with pictures
• Tap on any object in a scene to see and hear its translation
ACTIVITIES
• Play three new learning games in any category or collection. Words that you get wrong are displayed more often.
• LOOK - Choose the translation of what you see
• LISTEN - Choose the translation of what you hear
• MATCH - Select matching pairs
Improvements to Activities
• Flashcard rating has been simplified
• Audio Lesson setting enhancements
HOME
• Receive encouragement to learn new words with featured content and activities
• Access recently viewed categories
2.3.2
2016-09-27
Please Note: This is the last version that will support iOS 7. Future updates will require iOS 8 or higher.
What's New in 2.3.2:
• Bug fix for iOS 7
What's New in 2.2 & 2.3:
• Back up and restore your collections
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
2.3.1
2016-09-13
What's New in 2.3.1:
• Bug fixes & improvements
What's New in 2.2 & 2.3:
• Back up and restore your collections
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
2.3
2016-09-07
What's New in 2.3:
• Back up and restore your collections
What's New in 2.2:
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
2.2.1
2016-08-22
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements
What's New in 2.2.1:
• Bug fixes
2.2
2016-08-12
• Play phrase audio in any language without downloading (while connected to the Internet)
• Optimize storage space by choosing which publications are downloaded for offline use
• Improved navigation
• Quickly access your collections and collection activities
• Learn about features with animated help content
• Resolution options for videos
• Other usability enhancements and bug fixes
2.1.1
2015-12-16
What's new in 2.1.1:
• Fixed crashing that occurred in some situations
What's new in 2.1:
• Search Enhancements
- Play phrases from search results
- Suggestions as you type
- Improved support for certain languages
- Search for category titles
- Recent search history
- Words found are highlighted
• Play/Pause Enhancements
- Pause button appears while a phrase is playing
- Tapping anywhere else on a phrase will restart audio from beginning
• Support for iOS9 Split Screen
2.1
2015-12-09
• Search Enhancements
- Play phrases from search results
- Suggestions as you type
- Improved support for certain languages
- Search for category titles
- Recent search history
- Words found are highlighted
• Play/Pause Enhancements
- Pause button appears while a phrase is playing
- Tapping anywhere else on a phrase will restart audio from beginning
• Support for iOS9 Split Screen
2.0.1
2015-08-24
• Fixed bug that was cutting off romanized text in certain languages
• Native iOS swipe from edge navigation
• Fixed a number of other minor issues
2.0.0
2015-08-06
• Collections (formerly ‘Favorites’): Organize favorite items into multiple collections. Rearrange the order of items in each collection. Review each collection as flashcards or an audio lesson.
• Enhanced flashcards: Rate the difficulty of each flashcard as you review it. Filter flashcards based on their difficulty levels. Choose whether to play audio whenever a flashcard is viewed.
• Audio Lessons: Listen to all the items in a collection in sequence. Customize the order in which source and target language audio is played in each lesson.
• Audio Speed Control: Slow down audio clips to a fraction of their original speed.
• Hide/Unhide Romanization (for languages with non-Latin scripts): Hide or reveal romanized text with a single control.
• Simplified audio playback: Hear the audio of any entry simply by tapping on its text. Hold down an entry to see other options.