Google Discover Updates

[Abhinav]

In May Google said that it's going to put ads in lots of more places. Now Google has started showing ads in Google Discover. The worst part is that they have added a whole new card specially for Ads!

 

[Bapun]

Google Discover in more languages

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We’re expanding Discover, the news feed app we launched at Google for India last year, with Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam. Oriya, Urdu and Punjabi will follow soon.

 

[Bapun]

TikTok has been or is in the process of being banned in some countries. This has resulted in new or existing services trying to replicate its success, while Google Discover is now directly highlighting “Short videos.”

Google Discover surfacing TikTok-esque ‘Short videos’ - 9to5Google

 

[Bapun]

Starting on Android 12, Google is rolling out the next big redesign of Discover. This visual revamp of the feed was first introduced on iOS and is now coming to Android.

Without descriptions, all you get now is the cover image, headline, and publication name/logo. This provides much less context before opening an article.

Google Discover redesign rolling out on Android 12, drops cards & descriptions [Update: Back]

Starting on Android 12, Google is rolling out the next big redesign of Discover. This visual revamp was actually first introduced on iOS...

9to5google.com

 

[Bapun]

In a limited experiment, Google Search has begun showing like counts for articles in the Android app’s Discover feed for some.

Google Discover feed tests showing like counts for articles [Update: More examples]

In a limited experiment, Google Search has begun showing like counts for articles in the Android app's Discover feed for some.

9to5google.com

 

[Bapun]

Google Discover is facing a major issue: Web Stories plagiarism

Google Discover, a key way to read news stories on Android, has a major issue with blatant, barely-masked plagiarism in Web Stories.

9to5google.com

 

[Bapun]

Google is testing its Discover feed on the desktop version of the search page, similar to the mobile version.

Google is testing a Discover feed for desktop

The Discover feed currently in testing cannot be disabled by users

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