How to High-Five Your Friends In Duolingo [3 Easy Steps]

Are you stuck trying to figure out how to high-five your friends in Duolingo?

I’m so sorry to hear that. I know how annoying it can be to have this happen. After all, congratulating your friends is a great way to motivate them.

You wouldn’t believe how many people are in the same situation as you. But the good news is that with the help of this article, you’ll be able to high-five your friends in no time.

Follow these 3 quick steps to high-five your friends in Duolingo: Make your profile public, check your friends’ updates, or click on the notification. But, if you can’t do it, please update the app and check Duolingo’s servers.

Read on to keep motivating your friends!

#1 Make Your Profile Public

Duolingo has more than 37 million users and is considered the most popular language-learning platform in the world.

Honestly, I’m not surprised. Unlike other apps, Duolingo offers multiple features that make learning a new language as fun as playing a video game.

I’m sure you’ll agree that one of its best features is being able to see our friends’ progress and achievements since it can help us stay motivated.

Sadly, thousands of users have complained about not being able to congratulate their friends whenever they complete a new challenge.

But, what if I told you that this could be easily solved by making your profile public?

You see, if your profile is private, you won’t be able to high-five your loved ones, join a leaderboard, or follow new friends.

But, don’t worry. You can easily make your profile public. You’ll just need to:

1. Open Duolingo’s web version.
2. Click on your profile icon in the top-right corner of your screen and select “Settings” from the drop-down menu.
3. Go to “Privacy” and check the “Make my profile public” box.

Once you’ve completed the steps above, it’s time for us to check your friends’ updates. Keep reading to learn how to do it.

#2 Check Your Friends’ Updates

Moving on, I’d like you to go to the “Friend Updates” section to high-five your friends in Duolingo.

Bear in mind that you’ll only be able to find this section if your friends use the app regularly. You see, if they’re not active users, you’ll have no reason to congratulate them.

Duolingo allows you to congratulate or high-five your friends if they did more than 10 lessons in a day, completed a monthly challenge, kept their streaks, and much more.

Follow these quick instructions to check the “Friend Updates” section and high-five your friends:

Web-version:

1. Open Duolingo on Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Safari.
2. Sign in to your account and click on your profile icon in the top-right corner of your screen.
3. Select “Friend Updates” from the menu.
4. Highlight “Celebrate” and select the high-five icon.

Mobile app:

1. Launch Duolingo and tap on the girl’s icon at the bottom of your screen to open your profile.
2. Tap on “Friend Updates” and scroll down until you find your friend’s achievement.
3. Long press “Celebrate” and select the high-five icon.

Once you’ve high-fived your friends, they’ll see a congratulatory message.

#3 Click on the Notification

Many people have complained about not being able to find the “friend updates” section. If that’s your case, don’t worry.

Sometimes, this may happen. Especially if it’s the first time your friends complete a challenge or a 7-day streak.

Luckily, you’ll receive a push notification on your phone whenever your friends achieve a new goal. You can easily high-five your friends by opening it.

Once you’ve opened the notification, you’ll need to:

1. Press and hold the “Celebrate” button for 2 seconds.
2. Tap on the high-five icon.
3. Once you’ve high-fived your friend, you’ll see a blue button that says “high-fived”.

If you didn’t receive a notification, we’ll need to adjust your settings. Follow these quick steps to do it:

1. Go to your profile and tap on the gear icon in the top-right corner of your screen.
2. Scroll down to the “Notifications” section, and please tap on every phone icon until it turns blue. You see, if they’re gray, it means that your notifications were disabled.

If the icons were already blue, you’ll need to adjust your device’s settings. Follow this quick guide to do it:

iPhone:

1. Go to the Settings menu and tap on “Notifications”.
2. Scroll down until you find Duolingo and tap on it.
3. Turn on the switch next to “Allow Notifications”.

Android:

1. Open the Settings menu and tap on “Notifications”.
2. Go to “App Settings” and select Duolingo.
3. Turn on the app’s notifications.

Please note that this process may vary depending on your phone’s model.

What Should You Do if You Can’t High-Five Your Friends?

Although it’s unusual, you may encounter an issue while trying to high-five your friends in Duolingo.

Whether you’re not able to access the “Friend Updates” section or you’re not receiving notifications about your friends (even if you tried the steps above), you’ll need to update the app and check its servers.

Don’t worry, keep reading to learn how to do it.

Update the App

If you’re trying to high-five your friends on your phone, but you’re still unable to do it, chances are the app isn’t running on its latest version.

You see, Duolingo’s IT team is always trying its best to prevent performance issues, but sometimes bugs and glitches can cause unexpected errors.

By updating the app, you’ll be able to get rid of these and enjoy new features.

Follow these simple instructions to install Duolingo’s latest version on your phone:

iOS:

1. Go to the App Store and tap on your profile icon in the top-right corner of your screen.
2. Tap on “Update All” or scroll down until you find Duolingo and tap on “Update”.

Android:

1. Go to the Google Play Store and tap on your profile icon.
2. Select “Manage apps & device” and go to “Manage”.
3. Search for Duolingo and tap on “Update”.

But, if you’re trying to high-five your friends on your computer, please make sure your browser is running on its latest version. If it’s not, please update it.

Tip: Duolingo is only compatible with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you’re using a different browser, you’ll experience multiple issues while trying to use the platform.

Check Duolingo’s Servers

If updating the app or your browser didn’t do the trick, chances are the platform’s servers are down.

You may not know this, but servers are in charge of storing all the files that make up a website.

They handle and serve information to clients using the Internet. But, unlike other computers, servers are running all the time.

This way, they can display the page and fulfill their clients’ requests without further trouble.

Sadly, servers can also fail due to software issues, bugs, and even human errors. This could explain why you can’t high-five your friends in Duolingo or use other features.

To check the platform’s servers, I recommend checking Duolingo’s Twitter. They normally let their followers know if they’re experiencing server downtime.

If their servers are down, don’t worry. Duolingo’s IT team is no stranger to this issue and usually solves it in less than 24 hours. I’m sure you’ll be able to high-five your friends in no time.

Conclusion

That about covers it! Hopefully, with the help of this quick article, you’ll be able to high-five your friends on Duolingo.

If you take anything away, please let it be that the easiest way to do it is by making sure your profile is public and checking the “Friend Update” section. Remember, you can also high-five your friends by clicking on the push notification.

Don’t forget that if you can’t high-five your friends, you’ll need to update Duolingo and check its servers.

Thank you so much for reading this article. If you found it helpful, please check out our other related content, you’ll learn multiple ways to fix all sorts of tech issues.

Have a wonderful day!