Google Chrome on Android now reads aloud your webpages in 10 different voices

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When the feature was leaked behind an experimental flag in June this year, it had very limited use cases with the audio turning off as soon as the user closed Chrome or turned off their phone display, akin to how YouTube Music works. 

However, according to a latest report by 9to5Google, the Listen to this page feature is getting a major upgrade and can now continue playing the music even when exiting the Chrom app and open other applications. 

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The reader menu appears at the bottom of the page when the article is running foreground while when switching to a different app, the media controls are available in quick settings, where you can play or pause the music, go to a specific part in the page or move up and down in the audio by 10 seconds. Meanwhile, when tapping on the reader in Chrome, there is also an option to adjust the playback speed from 0.5x to 4x and select from 10 different voices.

Moreover, Google also allows adding a dedicated play button for webpages by long pressing on the new tab icon, clicking on edit shortcut and change to Listen to this page. Notably, Chrome is already one of the most popular browsers on Android and with the latest updates it has also gone neck and neck with Listen to Page feature on Safari which offers similar functionality.

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Published: 21 Oct 2024, 09:36 AM IST