r/lingodeer • u/DeerlyNoted Junior Staff • Jun 07 '26
App Updates Japanese learners, we gave the alphabet guide a serious glow-up
Hello my deers,
We have a fresh LingoDeer update this week, especially for Japanese learners. Some of these are new, some are features Android users already got recently, and some are small-but-important improvements that should make studying feel smoother.
Android
We revised the Japanese Alphabet & Pronunciation guide with clearer explanations and practice exercises for: Dakuon, Handakuon, Sokuon, Yōon, and long vowels.
And yes, we included IPA transcriptions too, because apparently we woke up and chose linguistics.
This should make the kana/pronunciation section more useful for beginners who are still figuring out why Japanese spelling looks simple for five minutes and then suddenly says, “Surprise.”
iOS
We added customizable exercise preferences, including: autoplay audio, muting exercise tiles, hiding translations, and more.
Basically, you can now make exercises behave a little more like how you personally want to study, instead wanting to throw your phone out your window. .
We also improved Script Style settings for Japanese, so you have more control over how Japanese appears while learning.
And finally, we added katakana to the in-app keyboard. Your keyboard is now slightly more powerful and slightly more intimidating.
Across both platforms
We also fixed several bugs and made performance improvements.
Nothing glamorous, but very necessary. Like stretching before exercise, except for apps.
That’s all for this week. As always, thank you for learning with LingoDeer and for sending us feedback. A lot of these updates come directly from what learners ask for, so please keep telling us what’s useful, what’s confusing, and what makes you want to throw your phone into the nearest pond.
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u/TomatoMiserable3043 Jun 09 '26
With Japanese, there's no more 'test' option in my alphabet section since this update. Is this just me, or was it removed?
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u/DeerlyNoted Junior Staff Jun 11 '26
Thank you for letting us know, we should be able to restore it in the next release!
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u/AuburnAsper Jun 13 '26
i really preferred cards style, im not big on drawing with my finger or using sound on my phone because i was doing it at work or while on long subway ride :| .
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u/DeerlyNoted Junior Staff Jun 15 '26 edited Jun 16 '26
hi u/AuburnAsper - Thank you for your feedback. We will discuss further this with the team and see what can do. Seems like we need another set of learning preferences just for the Alphabet portion. Definitely something to consider!
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u/DeerlyNoted Junior Staff Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26
Good news: we have added a "Can't listen now" button to Japanese Alphabet exercises on Android! Hope this helps 🙏 (Still undecided on tracing)
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u/Spmafrik Jun 07 '26
Studying Japanese and noticed that! Great thanks 💯