Duolingo announces death of Duo, the tutor owl; No! language tutor app is not shutting down

The message was a marketing gimmick by Duolingo's PR team to get some attention from the online users and score more subscribers.

Duolingo, a popular American language learning app on Tuesday (February 11) posted a weird message on X platform announcing the death of the beloved tutor Owl Duo.

The message shocked many users, who interpreted the message as the app shutting down. At the time of the writing this story, the message was viewed by more than 35.6 million users and counting.

The Duolingo's message reads-- "It is with heavy hearts that we inform you that Duo, formally as the Duolingo Owl, is dead. Authorities are currently investigating his cause of death and we are cooperating fully. Tbh [to be honest], he probably died waiting for you to do your lesson, but what do we know.

We're aware he had many enemies, but we kindly ask that you refrain from sharing why you hate him in the comments. If you feel inclined to share, please also include your credit card number so we can automatically sign you up for Duolingo Max in his memory.

We appreciate you respecting Dua Lipa's privacy at this time."

However, if you read between the lines, the message was just a humouristic way of teaching people not to fall prey to online fraud.

Also, at the end, it steers away to an unrelated topic saying "We appreciate you respecting Dua Lipa's privacy at this time", which indicates that this is just another marketing gimmick by Duolingo's PR team to get some attention from the online users and score more subscribers.

Rest assured Duolingo is available on both Google Play Store and Apple App Store. It offers learning up to 43 international languages including French, Welsh, Spanish, Irish and even Klingon, the made-up language of the fictional alien race called the Klingons in the Star Trek universe.

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