Updates

Changelog

Last updated November 1, 2026

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Lichtung for iOS v1.2 (TestFlight beta)

  • A new Words button in the reader lists every word in the book by how well you know it. Switch between the whole book, so far, this chapter, and words you looked up; tap a word to see where it appears and jump straight there, or change its status right from the list.
  • Selecting text no longer turns the page: dragging a selection to the edge used to flip pages or leave you stranded between two.
  • Pro status is now checked at launch, so a cancelled subscription ends on its expiry date even if you never open the Languages or More tabs.
  • Reading-session length (in rough buckets, never exact times) is now part of the optional analytics. Turn it off in Settings › About.

November 1, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.16.6

  • Fixed: scrolling the definitions list in the popup no longer closes it (v1.16.6).
  • Fixed: dragging on the popup no longer scrolls the page behind it (v1.16.6).
  • Fixed (iOS reader): swiping on the popup no longer turns the page underneath it (v1.16.6).
  • A fresh install now asks you to pick a language instead of defaulting to German; existing installs keep whatever they’re already using (v1.16.4).
  • Signing in auto-selects the LingQ language you know the most words in, or lets you choose if you don’t have one yet (v1.16.4).

October 29, 2026

Lichtung for iOS v1.1

  • No longer defaults to German: until you pick a language, the Browser tab opens Wikipedia’s language portal, and importing a book or using the Safari popup asks you to choose one. Signing in to LingQ picks the language you know the most words in, or lets you choose.
  • Finishing a book now shows a Book Summary: new words then and now, known words gained, time spent, lookups, and what to read next. Mark a book Finished or Unfinished from the ••• menu.
  • Tapping once at the end of a chapter marks its new words as known, with 30 seconds to undo.
  • Reading Insights now shows an estimated CEFR level (e.g. “About B1”) and how many known words to the next one, and celebrates leveling up.
  • Fixed: Arabic and Hebrew words with vowel marks no longer show known words with the wrong status in Safari (e.g. فيها and فِيهَا).
  • New onboarding pictures and clearer wording throughout.

October 25, 2026

Lichtung for iOS v1.0

  • Initial release!

Web Reader for LingQ v1.16.3

  • Fixed a bug where Arabic and Hebrew words would show known words as Level 1 due to vowel marks (e.g. فيها and فِيهَا)

October 10, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.16.2

  • Removed the Abadis link from the Persian dictionary list (US/Iran war reasons) (v1.16.2).
  • Persian words written with a zero-width non-joiner now highlight and match the same word typed without one (v1.16.1)
  • Invisible formatting characters (soft hyphens, bidi marks, Hindi joiners) no longer make a word look unknown (v1.16.1)
  • LingQ’s own website (lingq.com) is now turned off by default in “Off on this site” (v1.16.0).
  • Added feature to mark all words on page as known (off by default - adjust in settings page to see in dropdown) (v1.15.0).
  • Removed API onboarding page autolaunching on new version releases (v1.14.2).

October 9, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.14.1

  • Fixed translations not appearing when your translation language is Chinese (Simplified or Traditional), Croatian or Serbian (v1.14.1).
  • Translations saved by vocabulary sync or import now use your translation language instead of English (v1.14.1).
  • The dictionary window now reopens where you last left it, as well as at the size you chose (Chrome) (v1.4.0).
  • Translation edits now save when you close the word popup, not only when you press a level button (v1.13.2).
  • Applies to words already in your vocabulary; tapping a new word and closing still adds nothing (v1.13.2).

October 8, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.13.1

  • Increased dictionary popup size slightly
  • Dictionary popup size remembers if you resize it

October 5, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.13.0

  • Fixed a bug where the language dropdown was hard to read in darkmode.
  • Added a setting to change the dictionary links to open a popup instead of a tab (popup by default).

October 3, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.12.0

  • Added auto pause on playing video when translation popup is used on captions (on by default).
  • Added auto rewind on playing video when translation popup is closed (off by default).

October 2, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.11.0

  • Added ability to customized the popup and highlighting colors and transparency.

October 1, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.10.0

  • Added edit functionality for existing translation definitions (V1.10.0).
  • Updated the translation popup design to better accommodate the dictionary feature (v1.9.0).
  • Added support for links to external dictionaries (v1.8.0).
  • Added support for highlighting phrases and checking for community translations/add your own translation (v1.7.0).
  • Tweaked the updated popup and settings UI for clarity (v1.6.1)
  • Fixed bug related to vocabulary statistics sometimes not showing (v1.6.0).
  • Added support to turn off specific sites (v1.6.0).
  • Added page vocabulary statistics (v1.6.0).
  • Fixed bug where you couldn’t untick a definition and have that be updated (v1.5.3).
  • Fixed vocabulary overlay disappearing after long YouTube videos (v.1.5.2).
  • Fixed popups not working on YouTube full screen (v1.5.2).
  • Fixed translation lookup bug for Japanese conjugated verbs (v1.5.1).
  • Fixed bug phrases were not pushed to LingQ correctly (v1.5.0).
  • Added ability to use left and right arrow keys to jump to the next vocabulary word (ignored and known words are skipped) (v1.4.0).

September 30, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.3.0

  • Fixed vocabulary updates getting stuck in the queue being lost or overwritten if multiple changes were made.
  • Updated the look of the extension popup to support future functionality.

September 27, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.2.0

  • Added ability to add own definitions.

September 24, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.1.0

Fixes

  • Fixed a bug where LingQ translations/hints with “;” in it were split into multiple rows.
  • Fixed a bug where words with emojis in the middle of them wouldn’t render properly.

Features

  • Added shortcut tutorial popup.
  • Updated translation popup to include shortcuts.
  • Added k as a known shortcut.
  • Added a shift + left click shortcut to open up the translation popup instead of navigating to link.

September 21, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.0.5

  • Fixed a bug where accent marked words could show the wrong status and tapping the word could accidentally change a different words status (e.g. hätte vs. hatte).

September 20, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.0.4

  • Fixed a bug where known words would render as new due to a web page rendering invisible characters in between letters.

September 17, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.0.3

  • Fixed a bug where a known word without a definition would send through a create request to LingQ (rather than an update request).

September 13, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.0.2

  • Added keyboard shortcuts to allow changing the status of popups. Select the following buttons while the popup is active: ESC to close popup, x for ignore, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 for status changes.

September 7, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.0.1

  • Updated color scheme and translation popup to be more modern
  • Bug fixes for merging policy with LingQ. Full syncs merge and take the highest between the local cache and LingQ. Vocabulary changes always push updates to LingQ.

August 26, 2026

Web Reader for LingQ v1.0

  • Release of Web Reader for LingQ on Chrome and Firefox!