In 2014, the launch of Google Now brought us the proactive maps to our Android devices, with a new section that showed us information we might be interested in, such as the results of our favorite teams, stock prices, traffic conditions, our orders, etc. In 2017, Google Now shut down to give I went to Google Feed, which was very similar but also showed news. Then in 2018, Google Feed was split in two: Google Discover for news and “Day View” for what was once Google Now, but the latest heir to Google Now shut down last April.
Well it seems like google now resists dying, and it is that Google is reintegrating some of these proactive maps into Google Discoveras well as in the ‘At a glance’ widget, as we will see below.
These are the new proactive maps of Google Discover
So far, the only proactive card that had survived in Google Discover was the Weather forecast. Just below the search bar, the weather for our current location usually appears, currently with a new long map design.
Well, this scorecard won’t be the only one that can show up in your Google Discover, because after months of testing in English, the Spanish version of the app is also enabled with two new proactive cards: the sports there financewhich were previously in the old “daily view”.
As we see in the screenshots, Google Discover can show up to three proactive cards just below the search bar, right at the start of the News Feed. Maps will be displayed as horizontal carouseland they seem to appear in order of importance, so their positions vary throughout the day.
To the right of the carousel will appear the option to Personalize, where the user can decide which cards they want to appear at the top of Google Discover. The cards currently available are:
- Time: to see the weather forecast for your current location.
- Sports: to see the news of the teams you follow, such as results or upcoming matches.
- Finance: to see stock prices and market trends for the sectors you follow.
With this customization we can choose to see only one card in its enlarged size, to see two cards or three cards. The larger the map, the more information we will see. For example, in the mini map of upcoming matches we will only see the flags of the teams, while in the large map we will see the initials of the countries next to the date and time of the match.
Clicking on each card we will access its complete information, and with a long press we can stop seeing information about a certain team or company in the quote, with direct access to better manage our interests and thus see the cards sporting and financial which really help us.interest.
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