Subj : Duolingo's new music lessons will cement its place on my phone's To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Wed Sep 06 2023 18:30:03 Duolingo's new music lessons will cement its place on my phone's home screen Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2023 17:19:09 +0000 Description: Duolingo is adding music lessons, and now I have even fewer reasons to every remove it from my homescreen. FULL STORY ====================================================================== As predicted by leaks Duolingo, the app synonymous with language learning, is expanding its portfolio into a new discipline with Duolingo Music. When it launches next month Duolingo will also be rolling out its Maths lessons (which have been in beta for around a year) to the main app, so youll be able to develop your math, music, and language skills all in one place. According to the announcement trailer and press release weve been sent, the new digital piano experience will help develop your skills across hundreds of interactive lessons so you can find out how to perform over 200 familiar tunes. Based on what weve seen youll pick up music theory skills, as well as learn how to play tunes on an in-app virtual keyboard. Best all, just like the existing Duolingo language courses (of which there are over 40), youll be able to access the music and math teaching for free. Duolingo hasnt confirmed this with us yet, but we expect the new experiences will be ad-supported just like the existing language lessons unless you pay for Super Duolingo weve also asked if this premium subscription will be going up in price because of the math and music additions. The new music course will launch on iOS devices on October 11 and will be available in both English and Spanish. Weve been told by a Duolingo representative that other platforms and languages will be supported soon but there are no firm dates yet hopefully well learn more at Duocon which also takes place on October 11. Not leaving my home screen soon Duolingo has been a permanent resident of my home screen for the past few months with my lesson streak currently over 110 days long. Ahead of a holiday to Belgium it was one of the language apps I used to develop my French skills, and (in an attempt to actualize my hopes of a holiday there) Ive pivoted to learning Japanese since returning home. The Duolingo widget is amazing (Image credit: Duolingo / Future ) The gamified courses (and the very emotive Duo widget I have set up for the app that shows the bird morphing from determined to sad to filled with the rage of 1,000 suns as the end of the day draws near and I havent completed a lesson) have kept me coming back for more striking a good balance between engaging and informative. With these new music lessons on the way too, the app might have just further cemented itself to its spot on my home screen. That said, Im a little skeptical of the virtual keyboard experience. Im worried itll be a little too small on my phone, and that playing it wouldnt translate all that well to playing an actual piano. Given its success with language lessons, I'm hopeful the music experience will be solid too, but I'll have to hold off judgment until Ive tried it out for myself unfortunately, as a Google Pixel 6 user I might be left waiting a while for the Android release. You might also like This is my go-to photo editor on mobile thats completely free, no strings attached Duolingo's new GPT-4 AI will happily explain why your Spanish is wrong Millions of Duolingo users have scraped personal data sold online ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/software/duolingos-new-music-lessons-will- cement-its-place-on-my-phones-home-screen --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .