Product News

Make 2018 Your Best Year with Tynker We’re excited to kick off 2018 with tons of new Tynker content and features for your family to enjoy! Please take a minute to get caught up on everything we’ve added over the past year: Visual and text language switcher. As your child gains confidence in their block coding abilities, they can now […]

Thank You for an Amazing 2017! Happy New Year! 2017 was a busy year for the Tynker team – we rolled out tons of new features, implemented some exciting integrations, and grew our community of makers to over 60 million students across the globe! These amazing students have written more than 3 billion lines of code. Other highlights from the […]

Parrot Drone + Tynker Subscription = Parrot Mambo Code We’re excited to unveil Parrot Mambo Code, an exciting way to learn to code and become a drone pilot at the same time! This bundle, which allows new pilots to practice their drone flying skills in a virtual environment before executing the commands on a real drone, includes a Parrot Mambo minidrone […]

New Courses to Teach Coding on iPads At Tynker, we believe that everyone should be able to learn how to code, a crucial 21st century skill that teaches critical thinking, supports creative expression, and provides a gateway to in-demand, high-paying jobs. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce that we’ve just released two new free coding courses for kids–Space Cadet (Grades K-2) […]

BIG Tynker Update: Improved Student Experience for 2017 We’re putting the final touches on our new student dashboard. The new dashboard has a simplified layout that makes it much easier to find what you’re looking for. Plus, daily missions motivate students to keep coding by gamifying the learning experience! Try It Out! The dashboard is now available for your students to try out! But […]

What an incredible year it has been! Looking back on 2016, one thing is crystal clear: we are incredibly fortunate to be part of such an inspired community of makers! This past year, our maker community grew to over 44 million students across the globe. These amazing students completed over 1 million coding activities and wrote more than 2.2 billion lines […]

NEW! Announcing Lego WeDo 2.0 Support We’re very excited to announce that the Tynker iPad app now supports programming with Lego WeDo 2.0, an awesome robotics kit for kids. Now kids can do even more with Tynker, truly becoming makers and controlling their virtual and physical environments. What is Lego WeDo 2.0? Lego WeDo 2.0 is an amazing way for kids […]

New in the Tynker App: Upload Your Own Pictures, Artwork, and More! We’ve talked to dozens of kids who use the Tynker app to learn about what we could be doing better. Over and over again, we heard the same thing: let us upload our own pictures and artwork! Well, here it is! How It Works Just download the latest version of […]

New Kid Characters for Unlimited Creation Tynker’s Character Creator is one of the many reasons students love using Tynker. Feedback from our users inspired us to create a new set of characters that reflect the kids who are learning to code with our products. With the new kid characters, students can create characters that look like themselves and add realistic, high-quality animations […]