Google Chrome for Android not too long ago launched a characteristic that permits the browser to learn any text-heavy webpage aloud. The characteristic – dubbed ‘Hearken to this Web page’ – could be accessed by way of the three-dotted menu icon and comes with the choice to take heed to the textual content in numerous voices in addition to a number of languages. Now, a current report means that this characteristic could also be additional enhanced with an possibility for background textual content playback.

Background Textual content Playback

In response to a report by MSPowerUser, Google is alleged to growing a further performance for the ‘Hearken to this Web page’ characteristic that may allow background playback of the webpage textual content. At current, Chrome customers on the Android platform can toggle this feature to start out the text-to-speech characteristic, but it surely stops as quickly because the browser is minimised.

Google Chrome for Android app is reported to have a flag referred to as “Learn Aloud Background Playback”. That is mentioned to permit Google Chrome’s characteristic to work within the background. The outline for the flag reportedly reads, “Add help for background playback for Learn Aloud”.

Notably, the ‘Hearken to this Web page’ characteristic on Android can play the audio whereas the person switches to a special tab and even when the gadget is locked. It was introduced with Google Chrome for Android model 125. As soon as toggled, it seems with a mini-player on the backside of the display with play/pause, 10-second quick ahead/rewind and playback pace choices. Moreover, the webpage auto-scrolls because the characteristic continues studying the textual content.

Google’s ‘Hearken to this Web page’ helps a number of Indian and world languages, together with Arabic, Bengali, Chinese language, English, French, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.

Minimised Customized Tabs

Other than the ‘Hearken to this Web page’ characteristic, Google Chrome for Android additionally not too long ago introduced Minimised Customized Tabs with Chrome 124 replace. It allows customers to shuffle between native apps and Net content material and seems as a downward button on the highest banner alongside the identify of the web site. As soon as toggled, it turns the Chrome tab right into a floating picture-in-picture (PiP) window.