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Choose your news
Choose topics and exclusions, or describe exactly what you want to hear in your own words.
Personal audio briefings that fit your day
Just What
Happened.
Your news. Your time. Your briefing.
Brief Aloud gives you a personal audio briefing with useful weather and sourced news selected around your interests. Use Commute to match it to your current journey, or Choose minutes to set the length for any other moment.
Full transcript and sources for every news story.
Your personal briefingBrief Aloud
News. Weather. Your time.
A briefing that fits your day.
CommuteMatches your current journey
Choose minutesYou set the length
One clear endingNo endless feed
Sources includedFor every news story
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Personal
You choose the news topics, people, places and exclusions.
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Timed
Matches the current journey time or the number of minutes you choose.
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Sourced
Read the transcript and open the sources used for every news story.
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Remembers
Knows what you heard, so later briefings can focus on new updates.
Why Brief Aloud
Keeping up shouldn’t feel like another job.
Instead of checking several apps, press play once. Hear useful weather and the news you asked for, with current journey time when you use Commute, then get on with your day.
How it works
Choose your news. Choose your time. Press play.
Set your news preferences once, then use Commute or Choose minutes whenever you want a briefing.
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Match your commute or choose minutes
Commute automatically chooses the direction between your saved places and uses the current journey time. Choose minutes gives you a briefing of the length you want, with no destination needed.
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Play your briefing
Hear useful weather and the news selected for you, plus current journey details when you use Commute.
Brief Aloud remembers what you heard, so the next briefing can cover new updates without repeating the whole story.
When to use it
A briefing for any part of your day.
Use Commute on a regular journey. Choose minutes for a walk, your morning routine, time at your desk or whenever you want to listen.
During your morning routine
Choose the minutes you have while you get ready or begin your day.
On your commute
Commute automatically chooses the direction between your saved places and matches the briefing to the current journey time.
On a walk or break
Choose minutes to set the briefing length, with no destination needed.
At your desk
Listen when you have a few free minutes. Brief Aloud remembers what you heard for next time.
Inside the app
Simple screens. Clear controls.
Everything is easy to understand before you press play.
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Your briefing at a glance
See today's weather and briefing length, plus destination and journey time in Commute.
Player
Made for listening
Use large controls, background audio and lock-screen playback to listen without hunting around the screen.
Transcript
Check what you heard
Read each chapter and open the exact source links used for every news story.
Your news, your rules
Tell Brief Aloud exactly what you want to hear.
Choose topics, people, companies and countries. Add exclusions or write detailed instructions in your own words.
- ✓ Your written instructions are always saved
- ✓ Topics you exclude stay excluded
- ✓ Feedback improves later briefings and can be undone
Your news preferencesWritten by you
TOPICS
World news ✓TechnologyFormula 1 ✓BusinessQatar ✓Science
YOUR NEWS INSTRUCTIONS
Prioritise meaningful AI product launches and research. Skip celebrity news and repetitive commentary.
Why you can trust it
Know where every story came from.
Facts are kept separate from analysis. When reliable sources disagree, Brief Aloud says so.
Sources for every story
Read the transcript and open the source links used for each news story.
Remembers what you heard
Stories you finish are remembered, helping later briefings focus on new updates.
Weather and journey data
Weather and journey details come from dedicated services, not AI guesses.
Voice controls
Choose a voice and speaking speed in Settings. Narration is synthetic.
Location is your choice
Use saved places or location only while using the app. Continuous tracking is not required.
No ads or endless feed
No advertising, no infinite scrolling and no filler just to use more time.
Brief Aloud for iPhone
Your briefing.
On your time.
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