“Daily Listen,” a new Search Labs project purportedly launched by Google LLC, generates a daily audio summary of news items of interest to consumers.
The AI-powered audio experiment Daily Listen may be found in the Space carousel beneath the search bar at the top of the Google app for iOS and Android devices. After tapping on the Daily Listen card, users can listen to a five-minute audio synopsis of the articles and subjects they follow in a full-screen player.
According to reports, Daily Listen allows users to customize playback, including play/pause, 10-second rewind, next story, playback speed, and mute, while also displaying a text transcript with cover art. For people who would rather simply read the transcript, there is a mute option. Additionally, viewers can search for more stories and see similar stories at the bottom.
Although there aren’t many reports of individuals being able to utilize the new function yet, it is said to have begun rolling out to users in the United States today. When the experiment becomes live, users may sign up by launching the Google app and selecting the Labs button at the top of the screen, according to Android Police. Users will have to wait a day after opting in before receiving their first Daily Listen.
The new service sounds similar to the technology found in Google’s NotebookLM, which was introduced last year, but SiliconANGLE has not yet been granted access to it. NotebookLM can convert a variety of data sources, links, movies, and more into a podcast including two synthetic voices discussing the subject.
There are no customizing options in Daily Listen, according to reports. The basic concept is the same, but it basically produces a podcast based on what users read or follow.
Daily Listen isn’t the first service of its kind, despite the fact that it lacks customizing options. Late last year, GenFM, a device that does something similar, was introduced by AI-generated speech firm Eleven Labs Inc. Both iOS and Android users may use it for free, and it can create podcasts from PDFs, news articles, e-books, and more.
