The World channel
Public world news posts, read aloud.
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What you hear
Public world news posts: what just happened. It is the World part of Frequo Mix, on its own.
How it picks posts
World plays only news wires, public agencies, emergency, weather and transit authorities, and established local news organisations.
Fresh posts get a strong lift, so the newest news comes first.
When a post starts with a label such as "Breaking" or "Weather alert", the voice says the label on its own first, flat and clear, then reads the post.
Frequo picks the accounts, and each one passes its checks first: public, posting in English, mostly on the channel's topic, on X for at least a year and posting between 1 and 30 times a day.
New posts are checked by moderation before a voice reads them, and anything unclear waits for a person.
A post has to make sense when you only hear it. Posts under 6 words, under 12 with a picture, a video or a quote too long to read, posts that lead into a picture you cannot see, and short posts that only point somewhere else are left out. A post does not play twice until you have heard everything on the channel.
Who it is for
People who want the headlines as they land, read straight from the source, with nothing summarized.
How it behaves
Press play and it keeps going, one post after another. Each clip starts with the account's name, then the post, read word for word by a labelled AI voice. Nothing is summarized or rewritten.
- Skip moves on to the next post. Free has 8 skips a day, and Pro has no limit.
- Previous goes back one post. The lock screen and headset buttons can play, pause, skip and go back.
- A post is never cut off halfway. A post too long to read in full is left out instead.
- Links are not read out, other than a plain address like example.com, and pictures and videos are not described. The player shows the full post with a link to the original on X.
- Posts and their audio are deleted 24 hours after they were posted, and sooner if they are deleted or made private on X.
- When there is nothing new left, it says "You're caught up on World. Here's Frequo Mix." and switches to Frequo Mix. Tune back in later for new posts.
The Tuner sets the speed, the pause between posts, an ambient bed under the voice, the voice itself and a sleep timer.
Other channels
- FollowingPro channelYour followsThe accounts you follow on X, read aloud.
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- TechPro channelPublic tech posts, read aloud.
- MarketsPro channelPublic markets posts, read aloud.
- SportsPro channelPublic sports posts, read aloud.
- PoliticsPro channelPublic politics posts, read aloud, only when you pick it.
- My TeamMade by a listener · exampleOne listener's own channel: their team, its beat reporters and the league accounts they picked, read aloud. With Pro you can make up to 3 of your own.
Guides
- How to listen to X posts while drivingYou cannot read a feed at the wheel. You can listen to one. Here is how to set it up so you never have to look.
- Hands-free news for your commuteYour commute is a good time to catch up. It is a bad time to stare at a phone. Here is how to hear the news instead.
- How to hear X posts read aloudFrequo reads public posts from X out loud, one after another. Here is what you hear, what it leaves out and how to change the sound.