Right now we’re thrilled to announce the launch of a totally new model of Busuu. That is most likely considered one of our greatest product upgrades in years, and I couldn’t be extra pleased with what the Busuu crew has achieved. The brand new model is already obtainable on iOS and internet and might be coming to Android quickly.
We have now improved our product in a number of core areas that can assist you obtain your studying targets even sooner:
1. New studying path
We have now utterly redesigned our course space, lowering the variety of steps it takes to enter the training content material. Our course ranges (A1 – C1) are actually divided into shorter chapters which can give you a a lot higher sense of progress. One other necessary new characteristic is the addition of ‘Checkpoints’ which take a look at you on content material taught beforehand and as soon as handed, unlock the subsequent chapter. The Checkpoints help your studying by making certain that you just actually grasp the content material earlier than transferring on.
2. Partaking new course content material (together with video flashcards)
We have now revamped our course content material to make it way more partaking. This consists of new train sorts in addition to video flashcards in most of our programs. Somewhat than simply listening to the sound over a nonetheless picture, you’ll now watch a clip of a local speaker announcing a phrase inside the native context. We had plenty of enjoyable producing these video flashcards and hope you’ll like them too!
3. Extra gamification and delight
We perceive that studying a language will be difficult, so we wish to preserve you motivated at each level of your studying journey. We have now launched streaks (that can assist you preserve constructing the behavior of studying), factors, leaderboards and plenty of different options to make utilizing Busuu as enjoyable as doable!
4. Free entry to our complete course
One among our most necessary modifications is our resolution to open up our course content material to everybody utterly free. You’ll be able to determine to improve to our Premium model to get full entry to all our options (together with our award-winning Sensible Evaluation) or you may select to make use of our product free of charge whereas watching advertisements. Our imaginative and prescient is to empower folks via languages all around the world and we wish to make our platform accessible for everybody.
As you may see, that is fairly a significant overhaul of our product and I wish to thank all the Busuu crew for his or her incredible work.
I can’t wait to listen to from you on our social channels (Instagram, Fb, TikTok, Twitter, LinkedIn) of the way you take pleasure in the brand new model of Busuu!
Bernhard Niesner
CEO & Co-founder of Busuu