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What’s coming to Ember
What is being built now, what comes after, and what Ember will never do. There are no dates: things move up when they’re ready, not when a calendar says so.
LAST UPDATED · 17 OCTOBER 2026
NOW
Being built
Work in progress right now.Paper you can choose
Flat, fine grain or xuan paper behind everything you read. Pick it in Settings.Two ways to turn a card
The word slides to the corner as the answer appears, or stays exactly where it is.Export and restore
Move your cards, history and saved words to a new phone as one file.NEXT
Designed, waiting
Designed and decided, built after these.The full dictionary, built in
CC-CEDICT inside the app, so any word you tap has an entry, offline.Bring your Anki history
Import an Anki deck with its reviews, so words you already know don’t start from zero.Production cards
English to hanzi, only for words you’ve mastered. Turn it on level by level.A tablet layout
Your word list and a word’s page side by side on the wider screen.LATER
Planned
Wanted, still being worked out.Grammar cards
Patterns you meet in texts become cards of their own, with examples from what you’ve read.More new texts a day
Two new texts a day for now. The right number is still being worked out.NEVER
Not on the roadmap, ever.
These are choices, not gaps. Ember stays a quiet place to read and remember.
- Ads or trackersNo ads in the app, no cookies on this site.
- Streaks, badges or leaderboardsA streak is a plain number. No flames, no confetti.
- NotificationsEmber never pings you. You open it when you want to.
- A social feedNo followers, no sharing prompts. Just you and the text.
Something you’d like to see? Write to contact@emberzi.com.
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