There’s a lot of stuff out there on the web, if you haven’t noticed, and there’s a fair amount more being added every day. One way to tackle an ever-growing reading list of articles is to have stories read to you from your phone, which is now something that the stock browsers on both Android and iOS can handle.
Let your phone read to you
Of course, this feature is also useful for people with visual impairments and is not difficult to get started with. It means that you can listen to articles from your favorite websites while you do the dishes, drive, fall asleep, take a walk or do anything else that allows you to pay some attention to an audio source.
If you think of all the places you can catch up on podcasts or audiobooks, web pages read to you can work the same way. Everything you need is already on your phone, and you don’t need to install any extra apps.
On Android, the task of reading articles from the web is handled by Google Assistant, which works with the stock Google Chrome browser. With a page open in Chrome, just say “Hey Google, read this page” to hear it. Depending on your device, you can also hold the power button to launch Google Assistant.
