Duolingo just added 148 new courses in its biggest update ever - thanks to AI

The world's most popular language-learning app is becoming a lot more multilingual. In an announcement today, Duolingo said it is adding 148 new language courses, more than doubling the current number of offerings. Seven of the world's most popular languages -- Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Mandarin -- are now available in the app's 28 supported language interfaces. Also: Google's viral AI podcast tool can chat in over 50 languages now and it aced my Spanish test The new courses are primarily for beginning-level speakers and include immersive stories and DuoRadio to help with comprehension. More advanced-level courses will be rolled out over the next few months.