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January 2026 product releases

New AI activities, AI chat, and much more!

Updated this week

📓 New activity types

We've launched a slew of new activity types for students, including:

  • Speak Aloud

    • A pronunciation and speech-accuracy activity where students practice saying sounds, words, or phrases aloud.

  • Read Aloud

    • Lets you add text that will be read aloud to students as part of a lesson.

  • Read and Chat

    • An interactive comprehension activity where students engage a reading passage with an AI chat, practicing critical thinking, vocabulary, and evidence-based reasoning through conversation.

  • Read and Respond

    • Turns a reading passage into an active learning experience. As students read, they answer questions directly connected to the text—helping them stay engaged and demonstrate understanding in the moment.

  • Collaborative editing

    • Enables real-time collaboration on lessons by sharing editing access with other collaborators such as other students or teachers.

🧑‍🎓 Updated Student View

A refreshed student lesson experience with clearer navigation and progress tracking.

🤖 AI chat for teachers and students

  • Ask Kira for teachers

    • Ask Kira AI lets you edit specific parts of a lesson with AI—on demand, in place, and only when you ask.

  • AI chat for students

    • When students are in a lesson, they can chat with Kira's AI tutor for support with their lesson.

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