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v4.1.1:
We recently made some great improvements, with new sections on the homescreen. Now we've made some design changes to make it even easier for you.
Don’t worry though, all the old series are still there… Just scroll down to SERIES and tap “See all” to view them all!
We hope you like it. Enjoy your podcast listening and email us at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org if you have any feedback or suggestions. We’d love to hear from you!
v4.0.9.1.1:
- We've added full support for Android 14
Enjoy your listening practice, and get in touch with us at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org if you have any feedback or suggestions. All the best! LearnEnglish Mobile team
v4.0.8:
-We've fixed a bug that was causing the app to crash on first launch on some devices
Apologies for the inconvenience, and thanks to all of you for your patience and for letting us know about the problem! All the best, and enjoy the podcasts. LearnEnglish Mobile team
v4.0.4:
- Android 13 support
- Some improvements behind the scenes to make the app work better
Thanks for using the app, and we hope you continue to enjoy listening to the podcasts! LearnEnglish Mobile team
v4.0.2:
- We've fixed a bug that was causing the app to crash.
Enjoy your listening practice, and contact us at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org with any feedback or suggestions!
v4.0.1:
We've packed this update full of GREAT new features for you!
- You can now remove 3rd party ads from the app for less than the price of a cup of coffee!
- Dark mode to save your eyes and your phone's battery power
- Font size settings for audioscripts
- Search function to find episodes on topics you're interested in
- New speeds to the audio pitch control (1.5x/2x)
Enjoy your listening practice, and contact us at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org with any feedback or suggestions!
v3.8.6:
- We've made some behind-the-scenes improvements.
If you have any feedback for us about the app, please get in touch at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
v3.8.5:
- We've made some big behind-the-scenes improvements to make the app work better than ever.
- We've fixed the background audio, so that you can listen to podcasts with the screen off and your phone in your pocket if you want to.
- We've got a lovely new app icon!
If you have any feedback for us about the app, please get in touch at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
v3.8.2:
* We've made some improvements behind the scenes, and fixed a couple of bugs.
If you have any feedback for us about the app, please get in touch at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
v3.8.1:
* We've made some improvements behind the scenes, and fixed a couple of bugs.
If you have any feedback for us about the app, please get in touch at learnenglish.mobile@britishcouncil.org, and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
We've fixed a bug that was causing no content to appear in the app on devices set to Arabic and Persian languages. Thank you to all of you who reported this to us!
Hope you're all enjoying the "UK Life" series at the moment. If you haven't listened to it yet, check it out in the app! :)
v3.7.1.1.0We’ve fixed a couple of bugs that were reported:* Audio controls not appearing correctly in the Android 7 notification tray* Copy button not copying the final audioscript blockThese should both be working perfectly now… Thanks for your feedback! ????
v3.7.0.1.2* We’ve replaced the instruction image when you press the “i” button while doing the exercise questions, to make it clearer.* We’ve updated some of the app’s code to make it run smoother.* We’ve updated the information on the “About us” screen, to give you the latest up-to-date info about our other great learning apps.* We’ve fixed some minor bugs to make things better.