Google Daily Listen or Lissin: who picks the stories
Daily Listen plays about five minutes of stories Google picks from your Discover feed. Lissin makes a briefing on the topics you name, at the length and time you set.
The short answer
Google's Daily Listen, a Search Labs experiment in the Google app since January 2025, plays about five minutes of stories picked from your Search and Discover activity, in English, in the US and India. Choose Lissin when you want to name the topics, the length, the delivery time and the language yourself. Creating a Lissin show needs an iPhone.
How to choose
Check whether Daily Listen already does the job
If you are in the US or India, listen in English and are happy for Google to choose the stories, turn Daily Listen on from Search Labs in the Google app. The first episode takes about a day to appear. Each section links to related stories, and you can rate an episode with thumbs up or down. If that is all you wanted, you do not need another app.
Name the topics instead of training a feed
Daily Listen works from what Google already knows about your interests. In Lissin you write the request: "Every weekday at 7:00, eight minutes: anything new on Arizona water rights and the Colorado River, then the Phoenix Suns. Skip national politics unless it touches water." Each episode is researched again from the open web and picks up from what the last one covered.
Set the length, time and language
Daily Listen runs about five minutes in English. A Lissin episode runs 5 to 25 minutes: up to 10 on Free, 15 on Plus and 25 on Pro. Pick daily, weekdays, weekly or every two weeks, and the time it should be ready. Lissin writes in 25 languages, so a briefing can be in Spanish, Hindi or Japanese.
Point it at sources you already trust
Add the websites, RSS feeds, newsletters, subreddits or YouTube channels you want watched, and Lissin checks them alongside its own research. Before you act on a briefing, check any named figure or date against the original report.
At a glance
- Daily Listen status
- Search Labs experiment since January 2025. As of 24 October 2026, Google's help page lists it for the US and India, in English
- Where it plays
- The Google app on Android and iOS: about five minutes, with a transcript and related-story links
- How it picks stories
- From your Search and Discover activity, with thumbs up and down feedback
- Lissin's shape
- A briefing on the topics and sources you name, researched again for each episode
- Lissin length and schedule
- 5 to 25 minutes by plan; daily, weekdays, weekly or every two weeks
- Lissin cost
- Free makes one starter show with 50 minutes a week. Daily delivery needs Plus, $9.99 a month
Hear what comes out
Shows already published on Lissin, free to play in the browser.
Questions
- Has Google shut down Daily Listen?
- As of 24 October 2026, Google's Search Labs help page still lists Daily Listen as available in the US and India, in English. Labs experiments can change or end without notice, so check Search Labs in your Google app.
- Why can't I find Daily Listen in my Google app?
- It is opt-in. Open Search Labs in the Google app and turn it on, then allow about a day for the first episode. Google lists it only for the US and India, in English, so outside those it will not appear.
- Can Lissin build the briefing from my Discover feed?
- Lissin works from what you give it: the topics you describe, the sources you add and the context you choose to share. List the subjects your Discover feed tends to show you, and Lissin researches those for each episode.
- Does a daily Lissin briefing cost anything?
- The free plan makes one starter show with 50 minutes of audio a week. Daily and weekday delivery come with Plus at $9.99 a month, which allows 7.5 hours a week.
What this does not do
Lissin does not choose stories for you the way Daily Listen does. It starts from the topics and sources you choose, so name everything you want covered. Creating a show needs an iPhone on iOS 26 or later, and daily delivery is on paid plans. A briefing is written from what is published online when it runs, so check names, dates and figures against the source before you act on them.
Sources
Make your own show, or hear a sample
Make a show from your topic or documents in the Lissin iPhone app (iOS 26 or later). Or listen to public shows in the web player without installing the app.
Last reviewed October 24, 2026 by Lissin Editorial.