Brand new design, increased personalization, focus on local news and the fact checking… Google News makes its revolution.
Google News celebrates its 20th anniversary this year and is paying for the occasion a welcome interface overhaul, while the service has changed little over the years.
Better local news
This change currently only affects the desktop web version of Google News, probably the one that needed a facelift the most. polish. The American group explains that it has moved the categories Headlines, local news and personalized selections by the user to the top of the page in order to have direct access to the most important content.
One of the points that Google insists on is the promotion and personalization of local news. A filter button allows you to add several locations to the local news section to keep informed about the regions, cities and towns that interest us.
Another new feature is the ability to add, delete or reorganize subject categories according to your interests, to obtain an even more relevant page of results and article suggestions.
The new Google News is already available
Google News on the web is also getting a section dedicated to fact checking more developed, the aim being to provide more context to the readers. The articles of fact checking are accompanied by the original source of the information as well as a “evidence-based assessment of independent organizations “.
To take advantage of the new Google News, simply go to the address “news.google.com/home” on your desktop web browser. The deployment to all users is not yet complete, you may have to wait a few hours or even days before accessing it.
We will note that in parallel with all these novelties, Google News returns to our Spanish neighbors after eight years of absence. A return made possible by the introduction of a new law in Spain, based on a 2019 European directive on copyright and related rights.
You can also follow Clubic on Google News in just a few clicks
We also remind you that on desktop or mobile, Google News allows, in particular, to put certain sites in favorites so as not to miss anything. And the operation is very simple to follow Clubic, just click on this link.
If you are on the mobile application, press ” Favorites » in the bar at the bottom, then on the « + in the bottom right and search for Clubic in the search bar, before finally hitting the star icon.
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Source : Google
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