Google adds personalisation controls to Search, Discover and News

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Google is adding new personalization controls across Search, Discover, and Google News, giving you more say over what content appears.

Discover will let you specify topics and links you want to see more of, while Google News on Android will let you customize daily audio briefings around your interests.

A new Preferred Source button lets you prioritize your favorite publications, helping their coverage appear across Top Stories, AI Overviews, and AI Mode.

Google is pretty good at figuring out what you’re interested in, but it doesn’t always get it right. Read one random story about running, for example, and Discover might suddenly decide you’re training for a marathon. Google is now giving you a little more control over those recommendations across Search, Discover, and Google News.

That starts with Discover, where you no longer have to wait for Google to figure out what you like. From the Google app , you can tap the three-dot menu and describe the topics or links you want to see more of in your own words. So, if I’m constantly reading kitchen hacks during my commute, I can ask for more. The same goes for anything from Android phones and photography to football or travel.