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
Generate Missing Audio
Generate AI narration (TTS) for all topics that have carousel slides but no audio yet. This costs credits.
Generate Missing Backgrounds
Generate AI background images for all carousel slides that are missing one. This costs credits.
Generate Topic Audio
Generate AI audio narration (TTS) for a specific topic. If no topic is provided, generates for the current topic.
Get Audience Profile
Return the current audience profile (publisher, tone, description, ageRange, location, occupation, concerns).
Get Current Topic
Return the currently selected news topic and a summary of its latest review.
Get Missing Audio Count
Return how many topics have carousel slides but no generated audio narration yet, and their names.
Get Missing Background Count
Return how many carousel slides across all topics are missing a generated background image.
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.).
Get Stale Topics Count
Return how many saved topics have outdated news (stale) and their names. Use before calling refreshStaleTopics.
Hot Topics Skip Back Category
Skip back to the first topic of the previous category during hot topics TTS playback.
Hot Topics Skip Back Topic
Skip back to the previous topic within the current category during hot topics TTS playback.
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 Audience Profile Modal
Open the Audience Profile modal so the user can view and edit their audience settings.
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.
Refresh Stale Topics
Fetch fresh news for all outdated topics at once. This costs credits (one refresh per stale topic).
Remove Topic
Remove a topic from the saved list.
Set Audience Profile
Update one or more audience profile fields. Available fields: publisher, tone, description, ageRange, location, occupati
Set Setting
Toggle or set a named app setting. Available keys: autoplay, partnershipWithReloadium.
Switch Topic
Switch the app to display a different saved topic. Use listTopics first to see available options.
Tts Get State
Return the current audio player state (idle/playing/paused), currentTime (seconds), and total duration (seconds).
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 in audio playback. Each unit = 30 seconds.
Tts Stop
Stop TTS playback and reset position to the beginning.