Pear Deck Release Notes: September 10, 2025

Note: Pear Deck release notes have moved to individual posts for each version. Please find previous release notes on the "Pear Deck Release Notes" page.
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September 10, 2025

New

• Introduced Student Toolbox, which improves comprehension and engagement of English Language Learners (ELL) in Pear Deck sessions. Students can listen to text read aloud and translate English into Arabic, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese (Mandarin), Cantonese, or Vietnamese.
  
  Please note that teachers must enable Student Toolbox in their account settings. Once Student Toolbox is enabled, students can click Student Toolbox in the lower-right corner of a session's Student View > Translate or Read Aloud > click the text in the slide.