Chrome on Android can read webpages out loud from within the app

The "Listen to Page" feature on Safari for iPhone and Google's "Listen to this page" feature on Android Chrome browser both allow users to have web pages read aloud to them16. However, there are some differences between the two.

Safari's "Listen to Page" Feature:

• Introduced in iOS 17
• Uses Siri's voice to read the content of the webpage
• Supports pausing and resuming the listening session
• Allows users to change Siri's voice and language
• The audio interface appears on the lock screen and Notification Center, showing elapsed and remaining time, and offering playback controls
• Works on webpages with rich text content

Google's "Listen to this page" Feature:

• Available on Android Chrome browser
• Provides playback controls, including pausing, changing the reading speed, scrubbing forward, or skipping ahead or back by 10 seconds at a time
• Allows users to change the voice and language
• Supports multiple languages, including English, French, German, Arabic, Hindi, and Spanish
• Keeps users within the Chrome browser
• Tested for Chrome on desktops as well

Both features aim to make consuming web content more accessible and convenient. While they share the basic function of reading web pages aloud, they differ in their controls, voice options, and overall user experience6.

The name of the new feature in the Android Chrome browser that allows webpages to be read aloud is "Listen to this page." This feature reads the text on a webpage out loud and comes with playback controls, allowing users to pause, change the reading speed, scrub forward, or skip ahead or back by 10 seconds at a time. Users can also change the voice and language settings.