{"id":19313,"date":"2020-06-03T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2580655"},"modified":"2020-06-03T16:27:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T16:27:00","slug":"apple-news-will-feature-audio-versions-of-stories-ios-update-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/apple-news-will-feature-audio-versions-of-stories-ios-update-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple News+ will feature audio versions of stories, iOS update shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:Apple%20News%2B%20will%20feature%20audio%20versions%20of%20stories%2C%20iOS%20update%20shows;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>Apple&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-03-26-apple-news-plus-hands-on.html\" data-rapid_p=\"1\" data-v9y=\"1\">News+ platform<\/a>&nbsp;is getting an audio feature. As reported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2020\/06\/01\/heres-our-first-look-at-new-apple-news-audio-hidden-feature-in-ios-13-5-5-beta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>9to5Mac<\/em><\/a>, today&rsquo;s public release of iOS 13.5.1 has been accompanied by the first beta version of iOS 13.5.5, and hidden within is &ldquo;Apple News+ Audio,&rdquo; which will offer audio stories to News+ subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>It looks like the existing News app will get a new &ldquo;Audio&rdquo; tab, which will give users access to recorded news stories via an interface similar to Apple News. Recorded stories will appear in a media player that takes the same form as the one in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-04-11-apple-is-testing-a-new-web-interface-for-podcasts.html\" data-rapid_p=\"3\" data-v9y=\"1\">Podcast<\/a>, enabling rewind, skipping and playback speed adjustment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>It&rsquo;s not clear yet exactly how much content will be available in audio form, although&nbsp;<em>9to5Mac&nbsp;<\/em>does say that only Apple News+ subscribers will be able to listen to stories in their entirety. Non-subscribers will only hear news previews. Based on the beta code, it looks like the feature will also support integration with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-04-03-apple-siri-voysis.html\">Siri<\/a>. Whether Apple News+ Audio will be released with iOS 13.5.5 remains to be seen, although it&rsquo;s likely, since the feature is there waiting to go.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+ mt-n40\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+ pb-20@tp+ \">\n<div class=\"pb-35 border-top mt-20 mt-35@s pt-35 pt-30@m pt-25@s pb-25@s break-out@s\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-04-11-apple-is-testing-a-new-web-interface-for-podcasts.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-04-11-apple-is-testing-a-new-web-interface-for-podcasts.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Rachel England<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Rachel England<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple&rsquo;s&nbsp;News+ platform&nbsp;is getting an audio feature. As reported by&nbsp;9to5Mac, today&rsquo;s public release of iOS 13.5.1 has been accompanied by the first beta version of iOS 13.5.5, and hidden within is &ldquo;Apple News+ Audio,&rdquo; which will offer audio stories to News+ subscribers. It looks like the existing News app will get a new &ldquo;Audio&rdquo; tab, which &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/06\/03\/apple-news-will-feature-audio-versions-of-stories-ios-update-shows\/\">Continue reading <span>Apple News+ will feature audio versions of stories, iOS update shows<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/apple-news-will-feature-audio-versions-of-stories-ios-update-shows\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Apple News+ will feature audio versions of stories, iOS update shows - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/06\/03\/apple-news-will-feature-audio-versions-of-stories-ios-update-shows\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Apple News+ will feature audio versions of stories, iOS update shows - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Apple&rsquo;s&nbsp;News+ platform&nbsp;is getting an audio feature. As reported by&nbsp;9to5Mac, today&rsquo;s public release of iOS 13.5.1 has been accompanied by the first beta version of iOS 13.5.5, and hidden within is &ldquo;Apple News+ Audio,&rdquo; which will offer audio stories to News+ subscribers. 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