Google News for Android Rolls Out New “Listen” Tab in the US

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A new “Listen” tab has been added to the Android version of the “Google News” app.
This feature plays audio summaries of the top news as of that morning, called “Audio Briefings.”
Currently, it only appears when the primary “Language & region” is set to [English (United States)] in the “Languages & regions of interest” settings of the Android Google News app.

A new “Listen” tab has been introduced in the Android version of Google’s news service, “Google News.”

The “Listen” tab newly added to the Android version of the Google News app is a feature that plays audio summaries of the morning’s top news as an “Audio Briefing.” The potential for this feature’s implementation was previously identified in the in-app code of the Google News for Android v5.144.0 update released in early November 2025, and it has now finally been officially implemented.

「Google ニュース」音声ニュースタブ展開の可能性（v5.144.0）

「Google ニュース」において、音声によるニュース再生機能「聴く（Listen）」が展開されるか…

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However, the “Listen” tab is currently only displayed when the primary “Language & region” is set to [English (United States)] within the “Languages & regions of interest” settings of the Android Google News app. In other words, it is currently a US-English exclusive feature.