The Google Reading Mode app can now read articles or complete web pages to you, even with the mobile screen turned off.

Google is advancing further and further in its mission to make its platforms places more accessible For all those who suffer from some type of disability. Sometimes some of the features included in Android with that goal in mind, they also end up benefiting the rest of the people who use their services In day to day. A good example is the reading mode, included in Android at the end of last year.

Thanks to this function, it was possible to transform any website into an easier to read text format. Now, just over half a year after its launch, Google has launched the first big update of said app, to introduce a function that makes it an even more useful tool: is capable of playing the content of any web page aloudeven when the app is in the background.

Listen to any web page thanks to the Google Reading Mode app

If you still do not have the Reading Mode app installed on your mobile, the first thing you should do is download it for free through the Google Play Store.

Once you have it, you can start enjoying the novelty introduced by the version 1.1 of the app. This is the option that allows continue playing the content in audio format while doing other things on the device or its screen is off.

So, for example, you can let Reading Mode read an article aloud to you. Furthermore, thanks to new widget playback, it is possible stop or resume playback at any time from the device lock screen.

Although the new version of the app is already available for download, some users have not yet been able to enjoy the change that comes with this update. However, we know that Google has already started the deployment and sooner or later it will end up reaching all users of the app.

Download on Google Play | Reading mode