Google Chrome on Android gets a new feature called “Listen to this page”. As the name suggests, this feature will let the web browser read text on the webpage aloud. This text-to-speech feature is not new as the Google Chrome browser on Windows and MacBook already have it. Now, Google has finally started rolling out this feature for Android users. Users can access this feature from the three-dot menu in the top left corner of Google Chrome on their Android devices.
The feature opens a media player mini window that comes with play/pause, a progress bar, playback speed options, and more. Users also have the option to listen to the webpage in multiple voices and different languages as well.
Google Chrome “Listen to This Page” feature:
As per the Google Chrome support page, this feature can be used to read the text on a webpage on any Android device. The feature works well even if the user switches to a different tab. The audio from the webpage can also play even the the user has locked the screen.
Google has started rolling out this feature for all users but a wider release may take some time. This feature is available on Google Chrome version 125 so first you need to update Chrome on your Android device.
Currently, there are multiple languages in which users can listen to a webpage. These languages are Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. Additionally, there are several voice types also available for users to choose from. The Text-to-speech feature has Ruby (mid-pitch, warm), River (mid-pitch, calm), Field (low-pitch, bright), and Moss (low-pitch, peaceful) voice options in English (US). It offers Cloud (mid-pitch, soothing) and Dale (low-pitch, calm) in English (UK), and Lake (mid-pitch, calm) in English (India) languages.
How to access Google Chrome’s “Listen to This Page” feature?
Step 1: Update Chrome Browser on your Android Device.
Step 2: Open any text-heavy web page on Chrome browser.
Step 3: Once the web page loads fully, tap the three vertical dots on the top right corner of the browser.
Step 4: Navigate to “Listen to This Page” and tap on it.
Step 5: A mini window will open which has all the media playback controls and Google Chrome will start reading the web page loud.
Step 6: To change the playback speed, tap on the mini window.
Step 7: in the mini window, tap on the three dots in the bottom right corner.
Step 8: Tap on playback speed.
Step 9: To change the voice, tap on Voice. Tap Preview to try out the voice.
Step 10: Tap Highlight text and auto-scroll to enable the feature.
