Use Google Home or Android phone for easy hands-free news listening (in English)

[LVZ]

Want easy "hands-free" access to a variety of news (in English) in the USA and elsewhere?
Try Google Home or Android phone.

Hey Google, play news from ...

ABC * CNN * CNBC * kCBS * NBC * NPR * ESPN (all USA)
BBC (UK) * CBC (Canada) * DW (Germany) * Al Jazeera (Qatar) * SkyNews (UK)

or tech: CNET * Engadget + more ...

** sorry no MSNBC (not available) or FOX News (not news)

[Las Vegas Mixx]

1. beyond the networks, easy to play your "local" or favorite radio news stations and podcasts

[Las Vegas Mixx]

2. QUORA - which news stations did you try using Google Assistant (Home/phone)

https://www.quora.com/For-hands-free-Android-or-Google-Home-listening-in-English-which-news-stations-did-you-try

[LVZ]

3. Google: DW vs Deutsche Welle + news in Australia

I noticed that Google does not always respond correctly to “play news from DW”
but Google Home does respond correctly to “play news from Deutsche Welle”.

For some places like Australia, you must say something slightly different:

"Hey Google, STREAM news from ABC Radio National."