Google is testing a new “Daily Listen” feature that automatically generates a podcast based on your Discover feed. The company confirmed to TechCrunch that Daily Listen is a personalized AI-powered audio experience that’s designed to help you stay up-to-date on the topics you care about.
The feature is currently rolling out to the Google app on Android and iOS and will be open to US users who have opted into the company’s Search Labs experiment.
With Daily Listen, you’ll receive a podcast episode up to five minutes long that gives you a roundup of stories and topics you’re interested in. The podcast also gives you links to related stories that you can click on to learn more about the topics.
Daily Listen is rooted in Discover, so the topics you follow in Search and Discover in the Google app will help you get a more personalized audio experience, Google says.
Google also notes that Daily Listen is somewhat like NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews feature, which generates a virtual AI-hosted podcast based on information you’ve shared with the app, such as course readings or legal briefs. With Daily Listening, you’re getting a quick summary of what you need to know based on your personal interests.
If you have access to the feature, you’ll see a new “Daily Listening” section on your home screen when you open the Google app. The card will display a play button that tells you how long the podcast is, and from there you can enter the audio experience.
Once you open the feature, you can start listening to the podcast along with a written transcription. You can scroll down to see “related stories” that provide a deeper look at topics that interest you.
