Google Discover is that page that shows you news on the left desktop page, as well as in the Google app itself, and you can customize what it teaches you according to your tastes.
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The algorithm doesn’t always hit the mark, that’s for sure, but luckily you can help Google improve it and show you news about topics that interest you and skip what you don’t like.
These tips are ideal if, for example, you want Google Discover news to focus on movies, technology, mobile or politics, because they will make you recommendations are better.
Say you’re not interested in the topic
It’s possible that Google Discover doesn’t know you well yet, and the American company’s service is showing you news about a topic, like electric cars, that you’re not interested in. And this has a solution.
Google recommends based on your interests, so you can indicate that a specific topic is not of interest to you. To do this, you just have to click on the points menu and click on “It does not interest me.”
There is also the possibility to click just below, in “I am not interested [temática]”so that there is no longer any content, in general, of -like the example- of electric cars.
Fortunately, if over time you become interested in the subject again, you can undo that and it would be as if you never told him you weren’t interested, so you can change according to your tastes of the moment.
Manage your interests
Google Discover gives you the option to enter two lists that compile all the topics you’ve tagged likes and dislikes, meaning you can manage both sections easily to fix errors.
If you press the three dots button and give manage my interests, you will be able to access both lists, where you can add and remove items to clarify what interests you and what does not.
Prevent news from a specific medium from appearing
It’s possible that there are news outlets that for some reason don’t interest you, and Google also gives you the option to keep their news from appearing in your feed. You have to think carefully before making this decision, because it often happens that you You can mark that you are not interested in the topic and that’s it.
If you regret it at the time, you will only have to go to the section manage your centers of interest and eliminate the media from the list of subjects that do not interest you.
Use the “Like” button
Just as you can mark something as disliking, you can do the opposite and like it so that the Discover algorithm gradually learn your tastes, something that will come in handy over time.
If you press the heart-shaped button on topics you like, Discover will interpret that you have followed this recommendation and show you similar sites.
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