Android, it's your move. Language-learning app Duolingo announced Tuesday that it is launching its chess instruction to Android phones, three months after introducing the game to iOS devices. The company also said that it will be bringing a player-versus-player mode to iOS in the coming weeks.
Duolingo announced the news Tuesday at its flagship conference Duocon, which is being held virtually on the Duolingo website.
The company said a "very small percentage" of Duolingo customers had early access to chess on Android before Tuesday's launch.
"Our goal has always been to make the best education in the world available to everyone. With these updates, we're taking another big step in that direction," Duolingo CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn said in a news release. "Whether you're adding your Duolingo Score to your LinkedIn profile or battling a real person in a chess match coached by Oscar, we're showing that education can be useful, credible and actually fun."
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Read more: What You Need to Know About Chess on Duolingo
Oscar is the mustached Duolingo character who's the face of the chess element of the app, which is best known for teaching languages but also teaches chess, music and math.
The Android version of chess will be available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese.
The player-vs.-player mode for iOS will enable players to challenge other Duolingo chess players in real-time matches. According to Duolingo, Android will also receive the player-versus-player option sometime after iOS.
Duolingo will be launching player-vs.-player mode in its chess game for iOS devices. Duolingo
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