Set Up News and Flash Briefings for Alexa

Get news, local weather, and more from popular broadcasters with flash briefings.

To customize your new channel and flash briefings:

  1. Open the Alexa app .
  2. Open More and select Settings.
  3. Select News, then select My News Channel or Flash Briefing.
    • Select My News Channel and choose your primary news channel for long-form news content.
    • Select Flash Briefing and choose multiple news sources for short updates and top stories.
Note: Alexa helps you select your preferred news providers when you ask to play news or a flash briefing for the first time. A list of available news providers is available in the Alexa Skills store.