What's new at Teachable: Mobile app, certifications & more

We have been busy. Over the last few months we shipped updates to mobile, certificates, translations, and B2B distribution, plus there are a couple of existing features worth revisiting. Here is everything, and why it matters.

Mobile app improvements: offline access, push notifications, and more

According to Salesforce Research, smartphones generated roughly two-thirds of all US online shopping orders in Q3 2024. For your students, mobile is the primary screen, and in many global markets it is the only one. So we treated it that way.

We shipped a set of improvements to the Teachable mobile app: offline access, push notifications, expanded language support, and better performance.

iOS and Android are now fully on par. Whatever the experience is on one, it is the same on the other.

The bigger story is reach. The gap between someone enrolling in your course and actually completing it is largely a mobile problem. Most students browse, buy, and consume content on their phones, and any friction in that experience is a drop-off point.

Offline access means a student on a plane, a commute, or a spotty connection can still make progress. Push notifications mean you can bring them back when they drift. Together, these become completion rate levers.

For course creators, completion rates tie directly to reputation, reviews, and referrals. For anyone building a global audience or selling into markets where mobile is less a preference and more a given, this update closes a meaningful gap.

Certificates: turn every completion into a marketing moment

Completion certificates are now available on Teachable, with direct LinkedIn sharing built in. Full setup details are in the certificates support article.

Strategically, this is one of the underrated growth tools available to course creators. Every time a student shares their certificate on LinkedIn, your course name reaches their entire professional network: people who are exactly the kind of audience likely to be interested in what you teach.

That is organic distribution you do not have to pay for, driven by the people who have already validated your content by completing it.

There is a second effect worth naming: certificates change how students engage with a course before they finish it. Knowing a credential waits at the end raises the perceived value of completing, which means higher finish rates, better reviews, and stronger word of mouth.

See how Antoine van der Lee built his iOS developer community on Teachable. Certificates are part of that story.

For anyone running corporate training, customer education, or compliance programs, certificates also add a layer of institutional credibility that enterprise buyers often require.

One-click translations: your entire school, fully localized

One-click translations already existed on Teachable. Previously, they covered the dashboard, product catalog, and product detail pages. Curriculum, checkout, and all other pages were excluded, which meant a student could browse in their language and then hit a wall as they moved deeper into your school.

That gap is closed. Translations now apply to your entire school. Go to Site > Language and text, select from the dropdown, and every page updates, checkout included. We support 13 languages: English, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese, Thai, Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), and Turkish.

The strategic implication is significant. Language has always been one of the biggest invisible barriers to course sales. A student who finds your content in their language but hits English at checkout is likely to leave. Localization at the checkout level is a conversion issue, and now it is resolved with a single setting. For creators who have been building multilingual audiences or expanding into new markets, this removes the last real friction in the purchase flow.

Early access: B2B bulk distribution, built for learning at scale

B2B Bulk Distribution is now available in Early Access, and it is worth understanding what this opens up.

Until now, running a training program on Teachable at volume meant friction at the enrollment layer. Bulk distribution removes that ceiling. You can enroll entire groups in one action, which means the operational overhead that used to make large-scale training painful is largely gone.

This matters beyond convenience. For creators and companies building B2B revenue streams, selling training to other businesses rather than individual consumers, the ability to deliver across dozens or hundreds of learners is often the difference between a pilot and a real contract.

Enterprise buyers need to know the platform can handle their volume before they commit. Teachable for Enterprise is built for exactly that, and bulk distribution is a core part of how it works. You can read more about the B2B revenue model in how to sell online training B2B.

Early Access means two things: you can start using it now, and you get direct input into how it develops. We are actively working with early users to shape the product. If you are running or planning a large-scale training operation, this is the time to get in.

Apply to the early access waitlist.

In case you missed it

Some of the most powerful things on Teachable are not new. Here are two features that creators are already putting to work, and worth knowing about if you have not explored them yet.

teachable:pay: tax handled, mobile payments included

If you are using teachable:pay, every sale you make is already covered for tax compliance: US sales tax, EU VAT, and UK VAT, with Teachable handling it automatically.

Most creators do not realize this is on by default, which means they absorb compliance worry they do not need.

The second piece is checkout conversion. teachable:pay supports Apple Pay and Google Pay, which means anyone buying on mobile can complete a purchase in a couple of taps.

Checkout abandonment is one of the most consistent revenue leaks in an online course business, and the payment step is a major contributor. This already exists. It is already working. If you have not enabled it yet, now is the time.

SOC 2 Type II: the security credential enterprise buyers ask for

Teachable has achieved SOC 2 Type II accreditation, a rigorous independent audit covering security, availability, confidentiality, and privacy.

A Type I certification confirms controls are designed correctly. Type II verifies they are consistently followed over time. That is a meaningful distinction for buyers doing due diligence.

If you are selling training to enterprise customers or running B2B programs, security compliance is often a procurement requirement. SOC 2 Type II answers that question before it becomes a blocker.

It is also a credential worth putting in front of potential B2B buyers proactively. Most will not ask until they are already deep in a buying process, but having the answer ready can move things forward.

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