FuriaHubGoogle lets you tune Discover in your own words
Google is adding a way to describe Discover preferences in plain language from a three-dot menu in the Google app. Publishers also get a Preferred Sources button that already covers more than 600,000 unique sources.
On August 20, 2026, Google said it is rolling out new personalization across Search, Discover, and Google News. In the coming days in the Google app, users will be able to open a three-dot menu in the Discover feed and say, in their own words, what they want more or less of.
What we know
- A new Preferred Sources button can be embedded on publisher pages; clicking it adds the site as a Preferred Source and returns the reader to the article.
- Preferred Sources already cover more than 600,000 unique sources in Top Stories, AI Overviews, and AI Mode.
- Google News on Android now lets people customize daily audio briefings by topic, with source attribution and links to full articles.
- The conversational Discover controls land in the Google app in the coming days and are meant to stick across later sessions.
Takeaways
- Discover preferences can be typed as ordinary requests, not just taps on topics.
- Preferred Sources already reach hundreds of thousands of publishers.
- Android Google News audio briefings become user-curated.
Source: Google
