There are several possibilities that Google offers to read the news, being Google News its application par excellence, but finding in Google Discover one of the most interesting. It is content discovery feature present in all Android and even on iPhones via the Google app.
Also known as the “Discover” tab, you’ll find it by swiping left on your mobile screens or in the Google app. Although not as customizable as Google News, there are some ways to train Discover to make it more personal. Thus, even if our navigation has the intuition that we have interests, we can adapt it more to our real interests.
The fastest access to Discover
If you are on the main screen of your mobile, swiping left is a quick method to access the tab of To discover (To discover). However, there is a somewhat hidden method to get there even faster than doing this or opening the Google app. It’s plain and simple Click on the Google logo if you have the search widget of the app on your home screen.
Refresh if you don’t like what you see (or if you’ve already seen it all)
We continue with something basic, but by observing many people around me, I discovered that it was not so basic. It is refresh feed for new news to appearwhich is not only useful if you don’t like what’s coming out or have already read it, but also when you haven’t logged into Discover for several days and the news that comes out is somewhat old .
To do this, it suffices swipe from top to bottom. So, in a few seconds and as long as you have an internet connection, the wall will be refreshed and new news will appear.
Delete topics that don’t interest you
That you end up receiving news that does not interest you is more or less normal. However, that it appears every day can be a torture if it does not interest us at all. For this there is an option that allows us to stop posting content on this topicfor which you have to click on the three dots at the bottom right of the news and click precisely on “I am not interested in XXXX” (with “XXXX” being the subject in question).
You will see that there is also “I’m not interested” option and there is some difference with the other option. The latter must be pressed when the topic interests us, but not this particular news item or the approach that has been taken. See for example that we are interested in animals, but we are not particularly interested in reporting on the ugliest animals in the world.
If you are not interested in a specific medium, you can also “block” it
If you don’t have much affinity with the media in question that appears in Discover, you can also “block” it. And you will wonder why we quote it and it is that it really only makes less news appear on this medium. From my own experience, I attest that their appearance is greatly reduced, but that they eventually reappear.
The way to handle this is none other than by clicking again on the three dots at the bottom right of the news. Among the options that appear, you must check “Do not display XXXX content”.
If you change your mind about your interests, they may be changed
From time to time, all of us may mistakenly discard a specific medium or topic. That or that we change our minds and after a while we believe that it is in our interest. Or conversely, that something that interests us at Discover no longer appeals to us. From the three options points mentioned above, we can move on to “Manage your interests”.
In this section, you will have access to two panels, one for your interests and one for topics that do not interest you. By entering each of them, you will be able to mark them or unmark them depending on whether you want more information about it to appear or if, on the contrary, you do not want it to appear.
Don’t run out of data with Discover
A good way to save mobile data on Android is to ensure that Discover does not drink the mega. For that there is an option in the settings which will allow you to do so. You only have to enter the section General and activate it, as well as configure that the previews of the videos are visible only with a Wi-Fi connection.
You can receive alerts about your interests
The Discover review requires us to enter manually, but often we don’t have time or we just forget. Thus, being able to configure notifications on matters important to us it can be very useful.
To do this, click on your photo (top right) and go to the settings. Then you need to enter notificationsmake sure they are active and swipe down to see if they are also active topics that interest you such as sports, finance or entertainment.
Find a song that’s playing or that you’re humming yourself
Ok, this feature is not technically from Google Discover. However, by being able to access it in this section, we can consider it as part of this one. Basically it is tap the microphone icon and once it opens, click on “Search for a song” which appears in the lower right part.
This will not only allow you to find songs currently playing, but you will also be able to locate the title of a song simply by humming it or reciting a few verses. Regarding humming, I can attest that it works wonderfully and that anyone who knows me knows that singing is not exactly one of my virtues.
Bonus track: the lighter version of Discover that can be used without an account
If you’re curious to see what Google’s hottest topics are right now, you can resort to the Google Go app. It’s the lite version of the Google app for entry-level cell phones. with very limited equipment, but which downloadable on any mobile have android.
This app provides access no connection and it has a news section which, although it doesn’t have as many options as the classic Discover, lets you see what the current topics are. In fact, if you refresh the feed, you will see that it does not change excessively, as it prioritizes displaying articles on various topics that Google considers to be of common interest to the majority.
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