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Business Wars Daily

Language Apps Are Branching Out

Business Wars Daily

Audible

Business, Business News, News, Daily News

4.6717 Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Today is Monday, September 5, and we're looking at Duolingo vs. Babbel.

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Thank you. From Wondery, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Monday, September 5th.

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Happy Labor Day, everyone.

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Some sounds just make us feel joy. A favorite song, a beep of the

1:13.4

coffee maker when it's finished brewing, and then there's... For duolingo users, that's the sound of the

1:20.2

app telling you that you're a multilingual genius. Or at least that you answered correctly when it

1:25.8

asked you the French word for airplane or the Spanish word for cow, vodka, right?

1:31.6

Duolingo is one of the most popular language apps with more than 500 million registered users.

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Now the company has decided to change the subject and branch out with a launch of Duolingo math last month. The app is still in

1:46.4

its beta version and there's a wait list for Apple device users to test it out. The Android version

1:52.2

is still in development. Why move into math? Duolingo software engineer Samantha Siegel says that

1:57.7

people who have strong math skills, on average, have higher incomes,

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