Google Launches 'Your News Update' Briefing For Google Assistant

Briefing

GOOGLE has formally launched its version of a personalized on-demand daily audio news briefing for its GOOGLE Assistant voice command platform. "Your News Update" can be accessed on devices using GOOGLE Assistant with the command "Hey GOOGLE, play me the news." The briefings are now available in English in the U.S., with other countries and languages coming next year.

Among the companies providing news, sports and information material for "Your News Update" are ABC AUDIO, ENTERCOM, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON News-Talk KUOW/SEATTLE, CBS NEWS RADIO, LOCKED ON PODCAS NETWORK, PRX, FOX NEWS RADIO, MARKETPLACE, AMERICAN UNIVERSITY News-Talk WAMU/WASHINGTON, CNN, CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA News-Talk WBEZ/CHICAGO, AP, BOSTON UNIVERSITY News-Talk WBUR/BISTON, DEMOCRACY NOW!, iHEARTRADIO, SANTA MONICA COLLEGE Triple A-News-Talk KCRW/SANTA MONICA-LOS ANGELES, TEGNA, NEW YORK PUBLIC RADIO News-Talk WNYC-A-F/NEW YORK, and KQED INC. News-Talk KQED/SAN FRANCISCO.

Other providers include CBS LOCAL, POLITICO, USA TODAY, ABC OWNED TELEVISION STATIONS, the EVENING STANDARD (LONDON), THE WASHINGTON POST, ADVANCE LOCAL, CHEDDAR, REUTERS, AL JAZEERA, GATEHOUSE MEDIA, MASHABLE, SCRIPPS, DAILY BEAST, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, THE MOTLEY FOOL, SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK, the NBA, SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST, WIRED, AXIOS, DEUTSCHE WELLE, NEWSY, BILLBOARD, THE ECONOMIST, PBS NEWS HOUR, THE TEXAS TRIBUNE, and THE YOUNG TURKS.

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