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Chrome for Android has a new feature in "Listen to this page."
Instead of traditional audio, you can hear a two-host podcast.
The feature is now rolling out on a wide scale.
If you use Chrome's read aloud feature to listen to articles instead of reading them, you're about to notice a big upgrade.
First spotted by Android Authority, Google has unveiled a new AI-powered feature for Chrome that takes any web page and turns the text into podcast-style audio.
There is an existing "Listen to this page" feature, but it's a standard computer-style voice. The new version has two hosts reading the text, making for a much more entertaining experience.
Also: I tested this new AI podcast tool to see if it can beat NotebookLM - here's how it did
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