Frequently asked questions

Attaché is a voice-first news service that delivers an interactive daily news briefing over the phone. Each day your personal attaché calls you and talks you through the stories shaping your world. You can interrupt, ask follow-up questions, and go deeper on any story, entirely by voice, with no app, screen, or scrolling.

A podcast is a fixed recording you listen to passively. Attaché is a live, two-way conversation: it is tailored to your interests, and you can interrupt at any time to ask a question or request more detail. The briefing adapts to you instead of playing the same audio for everyone.

News apps and feeds are built around screens, scrolling, and an endless stream of headlines designed to keep you tapping. Attaché has no app, no feed, and nothing to scroll. You simply talk through the day's news by phone. It is designed to leave you informed, not glued to a screen.

Smart-speaker briefings read you a short, pre-recorded rundown that you cannot interrupt or question. Attaché is conversational: it answers follow-ups, goes deeper on the stories you care about, and learns your interests over time. It also works on any phone, and you do not need a smart speaker or an internet connection.

No. Attaché works over a normal phone call, so there is nothing to download and no internet connection required. Any phone that can make and receive calls works.

Your briefings are sourced from the world's most trusted newsrooms, including Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Economist, and WIRED, plus hundreds more outlets. Coverage is tailored to the topics you care about.

Everyone starts with a 7-day free trial of Attaché Premium; a card is required to begin. After the trial you can keep Premium for $19.99 per month, which includes up to 10 hours of conversation a month, or move to the free plan, which includes 5 minutes of calls a day at no charge. You can upgrade from free to Premium anytime, even mid-call.

A single call runs up to 20 minutes. Near the end your attaché lets you know, wraps up, and takes a moment to file the conversation so the next call picks up where you left off. Call back whenever you like to keep going. Premium includes up to 10 hours of conversation a month in total.

Your calls are not recorded as audio. They are transcribed to text so your attaché can remember what you have already discussed and pick up where you left off. We keep those transcripts private and use them to personalize your briefings and to improve the service.

Attaché works with any phone, mobile or landline, that can place and receive calls. The service is currently available in the United States.

Yes. That is the whole point. You can interrupt at any time to ask a follow-up, request background, or dig deeper on a specific story, and your attaché responds in the moment, just like talking to a well-briefed colleague.

Yes. Attaché learns your interests over time and tailors each briefing accordingly. You can also tell your attaché directly on any call what you would like to hear more or less of.

A typical briefing is short by default, a focused run through the day's top stories, but because it is interactive, you control the length. Ask follow-ups and go deeper when you have time, or keep it brief when you do not.

Attaché calls you each day at a time that works for you, so your briefing fits your routine, like your morning coffee, commute, or whenever you prefer. You can adjust your preferred time by talking to your attaché.

Attaché is for people who want to stay genuinely informed without more screen time or doomscrolling. It is a natural fit for commuters, for anyone trying to cut down on screens, and for people with accessibility needs who prefer or rely on voice over visual interfaces.

Sign up on attache.news with Google or your email address. You'll pick what you follow, set when to be called, add the number to reach you at, and choose Free or Premium for after the trial. A card is required to start the 7-day free Premium trial; your first call walks you through the rest.

You can cancel at any time. Just ask your attaché to cancel your subscription on any call, or email contact@attache.news and we will take care of it.

Attaché is built by Asymmetric Labs LLC. You can reach the team any time at contact@attache.news.