Aug. 20 at 8:42 PM
Alphabet announced new personalization features for Search, Discover and Google News, giving users more control over content while helping publishers build direct relationships with readers.
Google introduced a “Preferred Sources” button that publishers can add to their sites. Users can select a site as a preferred source and return directly to where they left off. More than 600,000 unique sources have already been selected.
Google will also let users customize Discover by telling it which topics or links they want to see more or less of through the three-dot menu, with preferences applied immediately. Google News users can similarly tailor daily audio briefings by topic, with clear source attribution and links to full articles.
Preferred sources will appear in Top Stories, AI Overviews and AI Mode, while publishers in Google’s AI news pilot will provide deeper analysis in audio briefings.
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