These are the Terms of Service for the Circuitly application (the "App"), distributed on Google Play (smartphone and tablet), Google Play Cars (Android Automotive OS), and the Appning by FORVIA AOSP head-unit store. By installing or using the App you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not install or use the App.
Circuitly is a free, no-account tech and gadget news aggregator that reads headlines aloud. The App displays headlines, thumbnails, and short publisher-supplied excerpts drawn from publicly available technology and gadgets section RSS feeds (section feeds only, never general-news roots), across multiple language pools you can select in Settings. The App uses the Android Text-to-Speech engine to read the headline and the publisher's own short RSS summary aloud, with auto-advance, skip, and speed controls. Circuitly does not reproduce or read aloud full article bodies, and does not open the publisher's site; the source name is shown as attribution and links back to the original article. Discovery is via section RSS feeds and Google News topic/region queries; social and user-generated-content sources are blocked. There is no advertising, no subscription, and no in-app purchase.
Soundica grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the App on devices you own or control, for personal, non-commercial use, subject to these Terms and to Google Play's Terms of Service (or, for the Appning store, the FORVIA distribution terms). Soundica retains all intellectual-property rights in the App itself (the code, UI, assets, and brand).
You agree not to:
All headlines, thumbnails, short excerpts, and linked articles are the property of their respective publishers. The App displays them under the fair-use / fair-dealing / news-reporting exceptions recognised in the United States, the EU, the United Kingdom, Korea (Article 28 of the Copyright Act), Japan (Articles 32 and 41 of the Copyright Act), Singapore (the fair-dealing provisions of the Copyright Act 2021), India (Section 52 of the Copyright Act 1957), and Australia (the fair-dealing provisions of the Copyright Act 1968), following the established aggregator model used by Google News, Flipboard, Apple News, and similar services. Circuitly does not host, rehost, copy, transcode, or proxy article content, and does not strip, replace, or block any publisher's advertising or attribution. The App does not reproduce full article bodies and does not read full article bodies aloud — only the headline and the publisher's own short RSS summary are presented and spoken. The App does not open the publisher's site in a browser; the source name is shown only as visual attribution and links back to the original article. The presentation is neutral and non-endorsing — Circuitly does not imply partnership, sponsorship, or any commercial relationship with any publisher.
EU press-publishers' right. Under Article 15 of the EU Digital Single Market Directive (2019/790), the press-publishers' right does not apply to "individual words or very short extracts." Circuitly stays within this carve-out: it presents only the headline, a thumbnail, and the publisher's own very short RSS excerpt, with a link back to the source. The App does not harvest substantial parts of any one publisher's feed.
If you are a rights holder and believe the App is displaying your content outside what these exceptions permit, contact admin@soundica.app and we will remove the source from our aggregation (see Section 5). Availability of any headline depends entirely on the third-party feed that publishes it; the directory is a passive index of section feeds that publishers have placed openly on the public internet.
Circuitly acts as an information-location-tool service provider for the purpose of notice-and-takedown. If you are a rights holder and believe a headline or excerpt appearing in the App infringes your rights, contact Soundica's designated copyright agent at admin@soundica.app with subject line "Copyright/DMCA — Circuitly". We will acknowledge promptly and, on verifying a valid claim, remove the source from the aggregation within 7 days.
For a notice under the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(d) (Information location tools), please include the elements required by § 512(c)(3): identification of the copyrighted work, identification of the material to be removed (the specific source or feed URL), your contact details, the good-faith statement, the accuracy certification, and the physical or electronic signature of the rights holder or authorised agent. Note that because Circuitly does not host the underlying article, removal from the aggregation does not remove the publisher's own copy; the rights holder may also wish to notify the publisher or their hosting service.
Soundica maintains and enforces a repeat-infringer policy under § 512(i): sources that draw repeated valid infringement complaints are excluded from the aggregation. For the EU, Soundica acts as a hosting/conduit-style service for the purpose of the Digital Services Act (DSA) Art. 16 notice-and-action mechanism; notices may be sent to the same address and will receive a substantiated decision and information on appeal.
Discovery is via publicly available technology and gadgets section RSS feeds and Google News topic and region queries. Circuitly never reads from general-news roots, and social and user-generated-content sources are blocked. Most section feeds are published openly to the public internet with no geographic restriction; under the CJEU's Svensson doctrine, linking to such content reaches no "new public" beyond the audience the publisher has already addressed. Where a publisher restricts access from your location, the App surfaces the publisher's response and does not attempt to circumvent it. Source endpoints may change, move, or be renamed at any time, and any individual headline's availability depends entirely on the third party that publishes it.
Headlines, thumbnails, and excerpts come from each publisher's own feed. Soundica does not pre-screen article content; availability and content of individual items are controlled by their publishers, and the App's store listing carries the corresponding content rating.
Circuitly displays headlines, source names, and thumbnails as supplied in each publisher's public RSS feed, for the limited purpose of identifying each news item. This is nominative use and does not imply endorsement, partnership, or any other commercial relationship. If you hold publicity or personality rights and believe a specific use is inappropriate, contact the address in Section 14.
The App is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement. Soundica does not warrant that the App, the discovery sources, or any specific headline or excerpt will be uninterrupted, error-free, or continuously available — discovery and content are operated by third parties and may change, move, or become unavailable. In jurisdictions where certain statutory rights cannot be excluded (notably under EU and UK consumer-protection law and Singapore's Consumer Protection (Fair Trading) Act), those rights are unaffected.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Soundica's total liability arising out of or relating to the App is limited to the amount you paid for the App (which is zero). Soundica is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill, or other intangible losses, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
You agree to indemnify and hold Soundica harmless from any claim, demand, or damages arising out of your breach of these Terms or your violation of any law or third-party right.
When used on an Android Automotive head unit, an Android Auto projection, or an Appning by FORVIA AOSP head unit, the App follows the distraction-free interaction model required by Google's Cars policy and the FORVIA portal: large touch targets, single-tap controls, glanceable layout, voice-first playback, and parked-only settings panels. You remain solely responsible for driving safely and complying with all road rules in your jurisdiction; do not interact with the head unit when doing so would be unsafe or illegal.
You may stop using the App at any time by uninstalling it. Soundica may suspend or discontinue the App or any feature at any time, with or without notice. The licence in Section 2 terminates automatically on uninstall or discontinuation.
Soundica may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes are reflected in an updated "Effective" date at the top. Continued use of the App after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
General contact — Soundica: admin@soundica.app
Designated copyright / DMCA agent — admin@soundica.app (subject "Copyright/DMCA — Circuitly").
These Terms are governed by the laws of Singapore, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. If you are an EU or UK consumer, you may rely on mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence. Disputes may be brought in the courts of Singapore, without prejudice to any non-waivable right you have to bring proceedings in the courts of your own jurisdiction.