My current Duolingo streak is 631 days and counting, and that doesn’t take into account the 223-day streak I had before missing a day (yes, I was sad about that). So when Google recently rolled out beta access to a new feature in its popular Google Translate app — a prominently-placed Practice mode — I knew I needed to try it out right away.
Practice mode not only has a heavy emphasis on speaking, which I find helps me a lot more than multiple choice or fill-in-the-blank methods, but you can also create new lessons entirely on the fly, thanks to a heavy dose of AI powering this feature. I’m honestly surprised by how polished Practice mode is already, and I’d imagine the small qualms I have will be remedied as it moves out of beta. And the best part is that it’s completely free.