With the rise of voice assistants, these artificial intelligences that allow you to interact with an object using the voice, franceinfo is renewing its offer and adapting to changing uses for access to information. Franceinfo content is now present on three voice platforms: Amazon’s Alexa, Google’s Google Assistant, and Apple’s Siri.
>> To try “The franceinfo question” on Alexa
Here is a non-exhaustive list of the types of objects with which it is now possible to access franceinfo content by voice: smartphones, connected cars (equipped with Apple Carplay and Android Auto) connected speakers (e.g. Amazon Echo, Google Home, Apple HomePod, Sonos One), headphones (eg Apple earpods, Bose quietcomfort) connected TVs (eg Android TV, Amazon fire TV).
Listen to franceinfo radio live
Franceinfo live is available on Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri. You can access it by asking: “Alexa / Ok Google / Say Siri / put franceinfo”.
Listen to the latest news
The franceinfo flash
To request the latest news, simply ask the voice assistant “What’s the news?” so that it launches the last complete point of the news produced by franceinfo. With an audio update four times an hour, franceinfo constantly renews the titles to take stock in one and a half minutes of the main subjects of national and international news. This flash is available in video format for voice assistants equipped with a screen.
The franceinfo eco flash
For economy enthusiasts, an update on economic news has been specially created for voice assistants. It is updated twice a day. You can find it on Google Assistant or Siri by asking “Let me listen to business news?”, and on Alexa by going to search for it in the Alexa app under the “daily flash” category.
The franceinfo news playlist
Since the beginning of December, new Alexa users have been able to access a news playlist, composed by the franceinfo teams. To launch this playlist, just ask “Alexa, what’s the info?” Updated four times a day, it allows you to listen to the latest titles from franceinfo, then to continue with chronicles dedicated to politics, the economy, the environment or even culture. You can navigate within this playlist. Say “Alexa, next” to skip to the next story, or “Alexa, previous” to go back.
Test your knowledge of the news
Do you want to develop your general knowledge in a fun way? On Alexa, test your knowledge of the news. Every day, after asking “Alexa, launch the franceinfo question”, users are greeted by a personality from franceinfo. The journalists take turns asking a question on a current topic related to their column of the day to which the user responds with “true” or “false”. Fact-checking, environment, politics, international, sport, high-tech, history… each day has its theme. The user can then listen or re-listen to the column of the franceinfo journalist related to the subject.
Discover podcasts for children
On all your devices equipped with Amazon Alexa, all you have to do is say “Alexa, launch the Récré à Sons” to allow your child to discover the world around him, learn according to his desires or escape into extraordinary stories. . All this in complete autonomy within a screen-free experience specially designed for him. You will be able to find “Hi the info!” from franceinfo and Astrapiwhich deciphers all the news within the reach of young and old alike, Oli from France Inter, Le Confin des contes from France Bleu, Les Aventures de Tintin from France Culture… as well as many other podcasts for children from Radio France.
Listen to franceinfo broadcasts in replay and podcast
If you missed the broadcast of one of your favorite meetings on the air, you can listen to it again on Alexa or Siri. On Siri, say “Hey Siri, listen [nom de podcast].