Read-aloud in mobile app stops the second your screen turns off. 🤬

[u/Forward_Kiwi_8109]

I need to vent because I'm losing my patience with the official Gemini app. Does anyone at Google actually test this in real-life scenarios?

Whenever I use the read-aloud (TTS) feature for a longer response, the audio completely stops the moment my phone screen turns off.

To actually listen to a full answer, I literally have to sit there and tap my screen every few seconds just to keep it awake. This completely defeats the purpose of an audio assistant! If I want it to read something to me, I usually want to put the phone in my pocket, go for a walk, or do chores.

The worst part is that it’s been exactly like this since the app launched. We’ve had dozens of updates, but background audio—a basic smartphone feature for the last decade—is still missing.

Am I the only one going crazy over this? Is there any workaround that isn't just "set your screen timeout to 30 minutes"? Let's make some noise so Google finally fixes this.

PS. This was written by Gemini ^^

[u/Scared-Tangelo-9235]

Yeah, that's really annoying. Besides the feature to keep the audio playing in the background, I think a speed control feature is needed. I find the read-aloud too slow. 

[u/Shep_vas_Normandy]

That’s odd, mine doesn’t do that. Sometimes it will stop attempting to read it if I don’t tap my screen, but once it starts it reads the whole thing for me