News Help

How-to guides and documentation for News features.

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Add Topic

Add a new topic to the saved list and switch to it.

Close Hot Topics Modal

Close the Hot Topics modal (also stops any hot topics TTS playback).

Generate Hot Topics

Fetch a fresh list of trending hot topics across all categories (Tech, Politics, Business, Science, Entertainment, Sport

Get Current Topic

Return the currently selected news topic and a summary of its latest review.

Get Review Summary

Return the full structured review data (sections, who/what/where/when/how/why, articles list) for the current topic.

Get Settings

Return all current app settings (image toggles, etc.).

Hot Topics Skip Category

Skip to the first topic of the next category during hot topics TTS playback.

Hot Topics Skip Topic

Skip to the next topic within the current category during hot topics TTS playback.

Hot Topics Tts Get State

Return the current hot topics TTS state (idle/playing/paused), the active category index, topic index, and total categor

Hot Topics Tts Pause

Pause hot topics TTS playback.

Hot Topics Tts Play

Open the Hot Topics modal and start or resume reading hot topic titles and reasons aloud, category by category.

Hot Topics Tts Stop

Stop hot topics TTS playback and reset to the beginning.

List Hot Topics

Return the current hot topics list organised by category, as last fetched.

List Topics

Return the list of all saved news topics.

Navigate History

Navigate backwards or forwards through the review history for the current topic.

Open Hot Topics Modal

Open the Hot Topics modal so the user can see the topics list.

Refresh News

Fetch fresh news for a topic (or the current topic if none specified). This costs credits.

Remove Topic

Remove a topic from the saved list.

Set Setting

Toggle or set a named app setting. Available keys: fetchOgImages, showTopicImages, showHotTopicsImages, showPressReviewI

Switch Topic

Switch the app to display a different saved topic. Use listTopics first to see available options.

Tts Get State

Return the current TTS playback state (idle/playing/paused), chunk index, and total chunks.

Tts Pause

Pause TTS playback.

Tts Play

Start or resume reading the current press review aloud using text-to-speech.

Tts Skip

Skip forward or backward by a number of TTS chunks (paragraphs/sentences).

Tts Stop

Stop TTS playback and reset position to the beginning.