{"id":102578,"date":"2024-10-22T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.online-tech-tips.com\/?p=102578"},"modified":"2024-10-28T03:26:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T07:26:03","slug":"chrome-for-android-gets-listen-to-this-page-mode-with-background-playback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.online-tech-tips.com\/chrome-for-android-gets-listen-to-this-page-mode-with-background-playback\/","title":{"rendered":"Chrome for Android Gets “Listen to this page” Mode (with Background Playback)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Months ago, Google introduced \u201cListen to this page\u201d mode in Chrome (for Android) as an experimental flag. The accessibility feature reads texts from websites in over 25 languages, allowing users to customize playback speed and voice. \u201cListen to this page\u201d is now rolling out globally with even newer functionalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minimizing the browser to use other apps paused the text-to-speech audio playback. Google\u2019s latest update to the browser<\/a> adds background playback to the feature, which fixes this shortcoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cListen to this page\u201d will continue audio playback on your device when you minimize Chrome or switch to another app. When minimized, Chrome displays a media player in your device\u2019s notification panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The media player displays the page headline, website name, and basic controls to fast-forward, rewind, and pause\/resume playback. The in-app mini-player has a progress indicator and more controls for adjusting speed, voice, and language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tap the More icon<\/strong> in the top-right corner and select Listen to this page<\/strong> to use the text-to-speech feature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Steps<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When you turn on the \u201cListen to this page,\u201d the mini-player appears at the bottom of the webpage. Interestingly, the mini-player stays docked to the bottom of the browser even when you switch to other tabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The feature has ten voice options and eight playback speeds (0.5x – 4x). You can also configure \u201cListen to this page\u201d to highlight text and auto-scroll the webpage as it reads the content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Listen to this page” is available in the latest Google Chrome version in the Google Play Store. However, Google says the text-to-speed functionality doesn\u2019t yet work on all websites. So, you may not find \u201cListen to this page\u201d in Chrome\u2019s menu for some websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the feature doesn\u2019t work for all websites, update Chrome (and your device) to the latest version and check again. Check out this Google Help Center page<\/a> to learn more about \u201cListen to this page mode\u201d in Chrome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Months ago, Google introduced \u201cListen to this page\u201d mode in Chrome (for Android) as an experimental flag. The accessibility feature reads texts from websites in over 25 languages, allowing users […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":102582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ub_ctt_via":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5326],"tags":[5397,5406],"class_list":{"0":"post-102578","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-android","9":"tag-chrome"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.online-tech-tips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/android-phone-with-the-google-chrome-logo-on-screen.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Sodiq Olanrewaju","author_link":"https:\/\/www.online-tech-tips.com\/author\/solanrewaju\/"},"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t