u/Economy_Primary1774

I've never found a good way to keep up with the news, especially the things I truly care about.

1. Audio briefings (FT, NYT, the rest) are generic. They're made for everyone, so most of it isn't for me, I stop paying attention, and I miss the parts I actually cared about.
2. News apps aren't much better: not tailored, and someone else decides which headlines get pushed at me.
3. So like a lot of people I drift to social media instead, and get pulled into an algorithm that's optimising for anything except keeping me informed. All three end the same way: overstimulated, doomscrolling, and somehow still not on top of what matters to me.

So I built Acta to fix my own frustration. You pick your exact topics, nothing else gets in. It turns them into a short audio briefing at a set time each day. Listen to it or read it like articles, whichever suits the morning. Sources on everything, and you can ask follow-up questions on anything.

Not sure yet if other people want this much control over their news, so I'm curious:

• What works and what frustrates you about how you keep up right now?
• Do you actually feel on top of the things you care about, or not really?
• Would a daily 3 to 5 minute briefing tailored to you replace the doomscroll, or would you still reach for the feed anyway?

On the App Store if you want to poke at it (Acta): https://apps.apple.com/us/app/acta-daily/id6761189386

Hi there - I'm launching my AI Audio News Briefing app Acta and need some Android Closed Beta testers.

If you could help, I'll sign up for your testing track as well!!

1. Join the Google Group: https://groups.google.com/g/acta-beta-testers

2. Join on Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newz.app

2.1 Or join via the web: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.newz.app

Love!

I feel like more and more apps are adopting it, and it just feels so satisfying to use it! Every app that has it I'm like, yesss!