Google Chrome adds a 'Listen to This Page' feature with customisable playback controls.

Google is introducing a new "Listen to this page" feature in the Android Chrome browser. This feature enables users to have web pages read aloud to them. This includes intuitive playback control similar to those found in music or appliance apps. This allows users to stop, adjust the reading speed, move forward or backward at 10 seconds and move the content seamlessly.

It is designed to increase accessibility and convenience by providing a customizable reading experience right from the browser interface. In addition to reading web pages aloud, Google Android Chrome's Listen to This Page feature allows users to further customize their experience. Users can choose from a variety of voices and languages supported by the feature, including English, French, German, Arabic, Hindi, and Spanish, as well as others described on Google's help page.

To access this feature, users can go to a web page with a lot of text, tap the three-dot menu in Chrome, and select "Listen to this page" just below the Translate option. This feature improves user accessibility by allowing users to customize their listening experience based on their preferences and language needs right in the browser interface.

During testing, some people encountered the new option only in Chrome beta. According to 9to5Google , this gradual release approach is typical of Google, and reports point to what appears in version 125 of the Android Chrome app. Google Chrome  "Listen to this page" function is an important leap to increase access to Android's browsing environment and user experience.

By reading the site directly in the customized playback control, Chrome has solved the needs of the user, and they prefer to look at the problems related to content consumption or reading traditional text.