
How Duolingo’s Streak Freeze Cut App Deletions by 5% — A Retention Lesson in Forgiveness
Duolingo found its streak feature was driving loyal users to delete the app. Streak Freeze and Streak Challenges fixed it. Here’s the app retention playbook.
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Duolingo found its streak feature was driving loyal users to delete the app. Streak Freeze and Streak Challenges fixed it. Here’s the app retention playbook.

Snap's standalone mixed-reality Specs combine a 51-degree field of view with anticipatory AI, but price, comfort, privacy, and consumer demand remain open questions.

Sonos is repositioning around emotional sound experiences and a connected home system after a damaging software failure eroded customer trust.

Coach's fall campaign connects a Spotify listening-persona hub, musician-led films, and a live bus tour to turn Gen Z music identity into brand experience.

Google is testing ad-experience metrics in Chrome's UX Report, covering ad count, screen area, network bytes, and CPU time.

Prime Video is launching News Clips, a free feed of short local and national news videos that starts on TVs before expanding to web and mobile.

Korea recorded 10,262 alcohol advertising violations from 2021 through the first half of 2026, highlighting warning-label and promotional-language compliance risks.

Naver Cafe will show condition-based price ranges and explain how used-goods prices are formed, using commerce data to reduce uncertainty in community resale.

Meta has launched Meta One with more than 50 AI, expression, and professional features, adding paid Core and Premium bundles above its free app experience.

Karrot Ads MCP connects AI tools to business accounts for natural-language budget and performance analysis, with campaign creation and editing planned next.

A survey of 1,250 Korean SMBs found online platform costs equal 21.7% of monthly revenue, highlighting fee pressure and single-platform dependence.

Kakao Partner Friend Picker connects external app invitations, coupons and tickets to KakaoTalk while keeping friend lists hidden from partners.
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