Reading mode app on Android now works with Gmail and some social media apps

Google released the Reading mode app back in 2020 and with the latest update, the company made the app a whole lot more useful. The app now works in Gmail, Threads and X. It also works with other social media and email apps. Ever since Google ruined Assistant’s “Read aloud” functionality a few weeks ago, […]

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Google’s Reading mode for Android now works with emails in Gmail

Google’s Reading mode for Android makes reading content on websites and applications easier by removing distracting elements surrounding the content, such as advertisements and UI elements, and allowing you the change the size, style, and colour of the text. It can also read out the content for you so you don’t have to do the […]

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Why You Can’t Stop Reading About Daylight Saving Time

It was 15:37 (GMT) on a Thursday afternoon when we officially ran out of ideas. The request from the editors had been bouncing around for a couple of weeks: We need to write about the clocks going back. We’d groaned and tried to ignore it, but it kept resurfacing. Like time itself, the need was […]

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Google’s Reading Mode now supports background playback

In December 2022, Google released the Reading Mode app for Android. It integrates with the operating system and allows users to change the way text appears on the screen, which helps people with vision impairment to read long content (such as articles on the web) more easily. This app can also convert text to speech […]

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Galaxy Chromebooks to get Reading Mode, but it’s nothing like you imagined

A built-in Reading Mode is one of the advantages of web browsers like Samsung Internet and Google Chrome. However, Samsung Internet isn’t available on Chrome OS, while Google Chrome lacks an easily accessible Reading Mode on desktops and laptops running Windows. Google has announced that it is bringing Reading Mode to Google Chrome on desktops, […]

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Google is bringing Reading Mode and more features to Android phones, tablets

Google has announced a bunch of new features for Android smartphones and tablets. It also unveiled a few features for Wear OS-based smartwatches. All these features will soon come to Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches. Some of these features include a system-wide Reading Mode, improved Google Cast, sharing Digital Car Keys, new collage styles […]

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Microsoft will expand its educational tools for reading this summer

Microsoft will soon launch a new Reading Coach experience in Teams to help students receive feedback and guided instruction on assignments from the Reading Progress tool. The new experience will be available in Microsoft Teams at some point in summer 2022. Microsoft will also launch new features for its Reading Progress tool this summer, including […]

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