Free virtual event featuring Grammy Award-winning artist and cultural icon Jon Batiste
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 24, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Duolingo (NASDAQ:DUOL), the world’s leading mobile learning platform, today announced major product innovations at its annual conference, Duocon 2024. These new features, “Video Calling and Adventures,” demonstrate Duolingo’s commitment to leveraging cutting-edge artificial intelligence to enhance the learning experience for millions of users around the world. The company is also emphasizing its investment in music education by announcing its partnership with Loog, the leading brand of musical instruments for beginners, and featuring an extensive conversation with Grammy Award winner Jon Batiste.
Our mission is to develop the world’s best education and make it accessible to everyone. We believe the best way to do that is by continually challenging the boundaries of technology, says Luis von Ahn, co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. With new AI-powered features like Video Calling and Adventures, we’re creating new, immersive ways to practice languages and build confidence. These innovations are just the beginning of how we leverage technology to better serve our global community of learners.
AI-powered conversations: video call with Lily
Duolingo’s new video calling feature represents a major advancement in language practice for learners. This AI-powered tool allows Duolingo Max subscribers to engage in spontaneous, realistic conversations with Lily, one of Duolingo’s most popular characters. The technology behind the video call is designed to simulate natural dialogue and provides a personalized, interactive practice environment. Even beginner learners can converse in a pressure-free environment because the video call is designed to adapt to their skill level. By offering learners the opportunity to converse in real time, the video call builds the confidence needed to communicate effectively in real-world situations. The video call is available to Duolingo Max subscribers who are learning English, Spanish, and French.
Adventures: Explore and learn in the Duolingo world
Duolingo will also introduce Adventures, an innovative game-like exploration experience that immerses learners in the vibrant world of Duolingo. For the first time, users can explore dynamic scenarios and storylines, interacting with beloved characters like Oscar and Lily in a fully realized Duolingo universe. Adventures allows learners to apply their language skills in realistic situations, from passport control to coffee ordering, combining fun and functional learning. Adventures will be available on Android and iOS devices.
Music in expansion: popular songs, a compact piano collaboration and an interview with a leading figure
To expand the capabilities of its music courses, Duolingo announces a partnership with Loog, a leading manufacturer of portable instruments, to create a compact, portable digital piano designed for the Duolingo music course. This partnership allows learners to practice Duolingo music lessons on a three-octave digital piano. The Duolingo x Loog piano will be available for pre-order at store.duolingo.com for $249. Plus, thanks to Duolingo’s partnership with Sony (NYSE:) Music, students can now play along to popular songs from their favorite artists!
In addition to these key product innovations, Grammy Award-winning artist Jon Batiste will join us at Duocon 2024 to share his unique perspective on the intersection of music, language and culture, and how these elements shape our global community.
For more information on the talks and product announcements, tune in duolingo.com/duocon.
About Duolingo
Duolingo is the leading global mobile learning platform. Its flagship app has organically become the world’s most popular way to learn languages and the top-grossing app in the Education category on both the Google (NASDAQ:) Play and Apple (NASDAQ:) App Store. With technology at the core of everything it does, Duolingo has consistently invested in providing students with a fun, engaging, and effective learning experience while remaining committed to its mission of developing the world’s best education and making it universally available.
Contact information:
Monica Earle | press@duolingo.com
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