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Parlance is built in the open. Here's what's shipped, newest first.

June 2026

  • 9 June — See your mistakes, fixed. Tap one of your own messages in a conversation to see it corrected inline — your words with the changes shown like a diff, red for what was wrong and green for the fix. If it was already right, you'll get a tick.
  • 7 June — Filter your vocabulary by type. Narrow your saved list to just words or just phrases.
  • 7 June — Stress on your flashcards. Russian flashcards now show where the stress falls on the word, so every review reinforces how to say it, not just what it means.
  • 7 June — Stress marks everywhere you look up a word. Russian stress now shows in dictionary search results, the A–Я browse list, your recently-viewed words and your saved vocabulary list — not just on the word page — so you see how to say a word the moment you find it.
  • 7 June — Conversations name themselves. A conversation now takes its title from your brief, even when your partner speaks first — so your list reads "Let's debate nuclear power", not "New conversation". Tap the ⋯ menu on any conversation in the lobby to rename or delete it.
  • 7 June — Say what you want to talk about. Starting a conversation is now one box: write a brief — "Let's debate nuclear power", "you're a café barista and I'm ordering coffee" — or leave it blank for an open chat. Pick how long you want your partner's replies to be. The old topic and scenario cards are gone.
  • 7 June — Browse your flashcards. A new card browser lists every flashcard you've made in one place. Tap any card to open it — see its illustration, play the example sentence, regenerate it, or delete it.
  • 7 June — Browse the dictionary by letter. The dictionary now has an А–Я (or A–Z) index — tap a letter to page through every word, commonest first — plus a "recently viewed" list to jump back to words you looked up.
  • 6 June — Russian stress marks. Russian word pages now show where the stress falls — on the headword and across every conjugation and declension — so you know how to say a word, not just spell it.
  • 6 June — The right meaning for tricky words. Words spelt the same but meaning different things — like писать (to write / to pee) or замок (lock / castle) — now show every meaning with its own conjugation or declension table, instead of silently picking one at random.
  • 6 June — A richer word page. Tap any word in your vocabulary to see pronunciation, every meaning, inflection tables and example sentences — in a panel that slides in over the list, from the side on desktop and up from the bottom on mobile.

May 2026

  • Russian verb conjugation. Present-tense verb drills, including the awkward irregulars (мочь, хотеть, есть, бежать), split into regular and irregular focus groups.
  • A faster start to your day. A new launcher on the Daily page drops you straight into the day's practice.
  • Streaks. A daily streak ring with a milestone projection, so you can see how far a run of practice days will carry you.
  • Three more Russian cases. Drills for the dative, instrumental and prepositional cases, singular and plural.

April 2026

  • Grammar drills. A new way to practise the patterns that trip you up — a visual grammar map and focused, tap-to-answer drills. Launched with Russian cases (accusative, genitive) and German verb conjugation.
  • One-tap flashcards with images. Turn any word into a flashcard in a single tap, with an illustration generated to help it stick.
  • Drill mode in conversations. Practise specific grammar while you chat.

March 2026

  • Bring your own reading. Import your own articles by pasting text, or upload an EPUB to read a whole book at your level.
  • Chinese. Full support including pinyin display and HSK-graded vocabulary.
  • Dictionary-backed translations. Tap a word for a richer definition, drawn from a proper dictionary rather than a one-off guess.
  • Daily goals. Set targets for reading, reviewing and practice.
  • A redesigned reading library and a new landing page.

February 2026

  • Spaced-repetition review. A full flashcard review system that schedules each card for the moment you're about to forget it, with audio and example sentences built in.
  • Conversations. Practise speaking through guided conversations on topics and scenarios you choose — and discuss any story you've read with an AI partner.
  • Listen mode. Queue up stories and listen hands-free.
  • Reading that adapts to you. Difficulty levels from beginner to advanced, stories built from current news and topics you care about, and reading settings you control.
  • Sign in with Google, alongside email.

January 2026

  • Parlance is born. Generate stories at your level, read them with tap-to-translate and per-word tracking, and hear every sentence read aloud.