Make Google Assistant Read You the News

This article teaches you how to use Google Assistant voice commands to ask for the latest news.

Steps

Make sure Google Assistant is enabled. Here’s how:^[1]
- Open the Google app (it’s a round white icon with a multi-colored “G”).
- Tap ☰.
- Tap Settings.
- Tap Enable Google Assistant. If you see “Google Assistant” in blue at the top of the screen instead of this option, it’s already enabled.
Tap and hold the home button. When the Assistant launches, you’ll hear “Hi, how can I help you?”
- You may also be able to start Google Assistant by saying “OK Google” at the home screen.
- If your phone has an app called Google Assistant, tap its icon (a yellow and white chat bubble), then tap the speaker button before you start talking.
Say, “Tell me the news.” Google Assistant will now display a list of news sources with live or recent audio broadcasts. The news broadcast at the top of the list will begin playing automatically.^[2]
- At the end of the broadcast, Google Assistant will automatically start playing the next source’s broadcast.
- Tap any of the sources in the list to begin playing its broadcast.
- Use the pause button at the bottom of the screen to pause the audio at any time.

Tap and hold the home button to open Google Assistant. When the Assistant launches, you’ll hear “Hi, how can I help you?”
- You may also be able to start Google Assistant by saying “OK Google” at the home screen.
- If your phone has an app called Google Assistant, tap its icon (a yellow and white chat bubble), to start the app.
Tap the menu button. It’s a white rectangle inside a blue circle at the top-right corner of the screen.
Tap ⁝. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen.
Tap Settings.
Scroll down and tap News.
Tap Change Order to reorganize your sources. You’ll be able to drag any source to a different position in the list. When you’re done, just tap the back button.
Tap X next to a source to remove it from the list.
Scroll down and tap +Add news sources to select news sources. Tap the box next to sources you want to add, then tap back to return to the list.
- Your new settings will take effect immediately. The next time you ask Google Assistant to tell you the news, broadcasts will come from your updated sources.