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WhatsApp for Students

Voilà on WhatsApp is the Voilà Learning Partner on the app you already use. You chat, do short scheduled micro-lessons, and can make spoken practice calls. It knows what you're working on with your real tutor and keeps pointing you back to them.

Practise is usually included whilst you're taking lessons with a Voilà tutor. There's no separate WhatsApp subscription. Premium AI Insights is the paid path when lessons don't already cover you.

How you get access:

  • Lessons with a Voilà tutor — if your tutor has an active Voilà subscription (or is on their free trial) and you have a lesson within seven days either side of today — one just gone, or one coming up — practice is included for the language you study with that tutor. A language you're not taking lessons in is not included. Access stops if you leave that tutor or a week passes with no lesson behind you and none booked. Manage this from Settings → Subscription.
  • Referral code — anyone can redeem an AI Insights referral code (from a tutor invite, staff, or a promo). That grant is portable: it continues even if you stop lessons with a tutor.
  • Everyone else — $19.99 USD/month, plus applicable tax (added at checkout where required), after a 7-day free trial. Manage or cancel from Settings → Subscription, or reply billing on WhatsApp.

Included practice has a smaller monthly fair-usage allowance than a paid subscription. If you reach it, practice pauses and you're offered the subscription. Included practice doesn't tell you the date it starts again. A paid or trial allowance can. Your practice history is not affected.

If your practice pauses​

Included practice is tied to lessons you're currently taking. If a week goes by with no lesson behind you and none booked, practice pauses and the AI tells you so.

Nothing is cancelled and nothing is lost — your streak, summaries and notepad are all still there. Booking your next lesson turns it straight back on, at no cost. Your tutor is told at the same time, so you may hear from them first.

Getting started​

  1. Create a free Voilà account (or sign in).
  2. Open WhatsApp Tutor at voila.fun/whatsapp-tutor (or start from voila.fun/whatsapp).
  3. Enter your WhatsApp number and agree to be messaged.
  4. Reply to the verification message on WhatsApp to confirm the number.
  5. Pick your language and tutor (if you have more than one), then choose Smart Habits and times that work for you.
  6. Start practising. New subscribers get a 7-day free trial of AI Insights.

You can also manage habits and privacy later from the same page or from a magic link sent to your phone.

What you can do​

Chat anytime​

Send text or voice notes in the language you study. The AI replies in text, voice, or both, depending on your preference. Practice is pitched at your level and weaves in vocabulary, grammar, and recurring mistakes from your real lessons.

Smart Habits​

Short scheduled micro-lessons (about 2–10 minutes) at times you pick — for example Daily Vocab Drops, Roleplay Check-In, Pronunciation Clinic, Idiom of the Week, or Quiz Master. Each one starts with a hook message; tap a button to begin.

Pronunciation Clinic asks you to repeat a tricky sentence as a voice note and helps you with the sounds that were weak. You won't see a score or a percentage.

Explain​

If a reply goes over your head, say explain (or swipe-reply to that message). The AI takes the sentence apart — tense, agreement, word order, the small word that changes the meaning. It works on your messages too. Say explain again to go deeper. Explain in text forces a written explanation just that once.

Describe a photo​

Say new photo and you get a picture of an everyday scene to describe. The AI looks at the same photo, says how close you got, and hands you a word or two you missed. You can ask for a kind of scene (in any language). The AI sends the photo — sending your own picture is not supported yet.

After a real lesson​

The AI can send your lesson summary on WhatsApp, then follow up the same evening with a short lock-in review so new material doesn't fade.

Practice calls​

You can have a spoken conversation over WhatsApp — dial the Voilà number or accept a call the AI proposes.

  • Scenarios from a shared library of role-plays (ordering food, interviews, doctor visits, and more). The same library is used in the Voilà app.
  • At higher levels the AI may add one surprise complication mid-call.
  • If you mention a real upcoming event, the AI can offer to rehearse it.
  • After the call you get written feedback as a PDF.

Practice calls need a language the voice supports. If yours isn't supported yet, calls aren't offered and voice notes are suggested instead. WhatsApp calls are recorded so the feedback PDF can be written. You're told this when a call is proposed.

Streaks​

Practising on consecutive days builds a daily streak (chat, a micro-lesson, or a call all count). Miss a day? Complete a practice lesson within 48 hours (once per month) and the streak can survive. Milestone celebrations land at 10, 25, 50, and 100 sessions.

Kid mode​

Say or type kid mode and the AI switches to a child-friendly assistant. Say kid mode off to switch back — or it turns itself off after two quiet hours. STOP still unsubscribes for real, even in kid mode.

Pause or stop​

Reply STOP on WhatsApp at any time, or switch the channel off from your Voilà settings. You can re-enable it from the website whenever you like.

If you reach the monthly fair-usage allowance, practice pauses. On included practice you're offered a subscription and aren't shown a restart date. On a paid or trial allowance, the message can name the date practice continues.

Chat voice notes, photos, cards, and documents are kept for 90 days.

One place at a time

Voilà practice runs on WhatsApp, Telegram, or the Voilà app, not more than one at once. Connecting one disconnects the others. Nothing is lost when you switch — your streak, your history and your settings all come with you.