Hey everyone and welcome to this month’s WNWL! Lots has gone on behind the curtain that we’re not ready to share but there’s also some milestones I wanted to rave about! The mission to make it shorter and more readable continues:
The Android Alpha is out! (And #2, and #3..)
The Android Alpha came out juuust behind schedule on the 17th for Patrons, with two follow up bumper updates to fix major bugs. It’s mostly at parity with the iOS app now, and we’ll continue developing them both in lockstep such that no platform is left behind.
The people have spoken!
What do people think about the Android Alpha?
The many many bug reports we’re working our way through not pictured!
Changelog
Lingonaut Android ALPHA 1.0 Build 2/3 Changelog:
- Fixed error 10 when registering with google
- Fixed random dot appearing at the end of some progress bars
- Fixed flags disappearing
- Course download failure is now managed and retries
- No longer booted out of app when course download fails
- Fixed answer popup animation
- XP renders correctly during lessons
- Text audio button on PickOne question types doesn’t wrap anymore
- Correct/Incorrect sound effects properly play upon answering questions
- Fixed XP breakdown page not rendering correctly
- Sound won’t break if you press audio button on PickOne question multiple times anymore
- Flavour text on answer popups won’t break if they’re longer than oneline
- XP no longer visually cut off by top bar when being added
- SpellingPick uses correct graphic on button
- FlashCard text has enough space to not overlap upon text wrap
- Options are no longer trunaced on imagepick
- Progress should now be saved after completing lesson
- Lesson finished view now shows stats and button to progress
- Phrases in Match questions now show in full
- App relaunches into last course instead of always finnish
- App now locked to portrait as was originally designed
- No longer booted back to login on connection time out
- Czech flag is not oversized anymore
- XP doesn’t get squashed into vertical when running out of space
You can still get Early Access!
The Alpha is out but you can fill out the form to get access if you’re already an Earth+ patron or still become a new patron to get immediate early access!
If you’re a patron please head to https://lingonaut.app/patreon and enter the email you use for patreon (so we can match it to your pledge) and we’ll be able to send out alpha keys when they’re ready.
If you’re not already, now is the chance to pledge and secure a spot! Among early access you get a bunch of other great perks! It would be extremely appreciated and go towards keeping the project alive.
There’s also a waiting list at https://lingonaut.app/android-beta for non-patrons so you can secure your spot when the waves start rolling out for everyone else!
Just as a reminder:
Earth and above Patrons get access Immediately
Mercury/Venus Patrons get access ~02/03/2026
Everyone else gets access ~02/04/2026
If you want to find out about the rollout timeline more specifically you can visit below (Yes the url says beta but it’s just an alpha for now!)
Over 2300 views and 350 subscribers!
After a few months in the oven our What is Lingonaut? promotional video was finally released and people really liked it!
A very big thanks to replayed.co for creating the video pro-bono and to NateB99 for the David Attenborough-like voice-over!
No AI was used in the making of this video or its audio.
We spread the word!
Not last and not least, much like Airbus did with its A300, we went around on various social media platforms and subreddits trying to spread the word about what we’re trying to build and people are taking note!
We’ve had surges in pre-registrations for the app and more members on our subreddit and our discord and it wouldn’t have been possible without you.
But we still need your help to spread the word! Every new person who know about Lingonaut means that we can keep the project alive for just that bit longer.
Plus, we’re sure many people don’t even know that there’s a replacement for the bird’s antics on the horizon and we just might be what they’re looking for!
Spanish is on its way and German, Finnish get overhauls. 
Spanish is almost ready to come out the oven and we’re working to get overhauls for German and Finnish to get course-breaks bugs taken care of.
The idea is to make it possible to finish the courses we have from start to finish without encountering bugs.
That’s it for now, stay tuned!
I tried to make it short and to the point and can’t wait to show you what we have in store for February!