Hey News

Hey News plays your news podcasts in the order you set when you say "Hey Siri, play the news." The first time you open it, the app offers the shortcut that makes that phrase work. Without it, "Hey Siri, play the news in Hey News" works too. I built it because Google changed its "play the news" command, and the habit of hearing what happened today while I made dinner broke overnight. Hey News does that one thing, the same way every day, set by you. Find your shows by name, or paste a show's RSS link. Private feeds from paid subscriptions work too. Then put them in the order you want to hear them. Say the words and Hey News plays your first show's newest episode, then the next show's, down the list, and stops at the end. Every time you ask, it starts again from the top with each show's newest episode, picking up anything you left unfinished. Hey News remembers what you've heard. • An episode you've heard 90 percent of is skipped until a new one comes out. • Turn on Hold Unfinished Episode for a long show and it keeps your place, even days later, and plays that episode before the newest one. • Without Hold, a show keeps your place for the rest of the day. Siri isn't the only way to start it. Small, medium and large home screen widgets start it, plus extra large on iOS 27, and so do controls for the Lock Screen, Control Center and the Action Button. Spotlight has a one-tap Play Hey News too. In the car, CarPlay puts Play the News at the top of the screen. While it plays you get the Lock Screen player and the Dynamic Island, AirPlay and Bluetooth, and 15-second jumps, with playback speed in the app. Hey News has no account and no server, and it collects nothing. Your shows and what you've listened to stay on your device. Hey News is made by Rex Chekal.