Tu Google Discover Feed es más útil de lo que crees
You can find the Google Discover feed in various places: It's one swipe to the left from the home screen on most Android phones, it's front and center in the Google apps for Android and iOS, and it's shown on the new tab page for Google Chrome on mobile as well. However, it doesn't seem to receive enough recognition.
Perhaps you're already a devoted user of Google Discover, and you rely on these pages daily. However, based on the people I know—which is a small sample of the global population—this constantly updated feed of news, reviews, and other updates isn't widely known about.
The Google Discover feed brings you high-quality web articles and other information (like sports scores) that's specifically relevant to you—you can customize the feature in various ways.
How the Google Discover feed works
Google Discover works right out of the box—you don't need to spend time configuring it before using it. You can find it in any of the places I've mentioned above, but here I'll focus on using it on a Pixel phone (it works in a similar way across the other apps)—just swipe left from the main home screen to bring it up.
As you're probably aware by now, Google knows a lot about you based on your search history and other activity inside its apps, and this information is used to populate the Discover feed. Everyone's feed is different, but you might see the weather in your location, the latest scores from your favorite sports team, and places on Google Maps that you've been looking up recently.
If the Discover feed is working as intended, you should also see a list of recently published online articles that match up with your interests (tech, science, and soccer in my case)—you can tap on any of these articles to view them. You might also see links to Google apps and tools, such as Google Translate or Google's service for removing your personal information from web search results.
There's no end to the Discover feed—keep on scrolling down to see more recommendations for what to read. If you want some new links, head to the top of the screen, and pull down to refresh. The content you see is based on your activity on the web and inside apps, and if you want an overview of how this is being collected, head to your Google Account dashboard on the web.
Discover starts you off with quick info bites.Credit: Aussiedlerbote
How to customize the Google Discover feed
If the recommended articles you're seeing in the Google Discover feed aren't quite to your tastes, you can adjust them in various ways. You can tap the heart icon on articles you really like, for example, and you'll sometimes see a row of face emojis in the grid for giving feedback on a particular recommendation.
Tap the three dots next to any article, and you can tell Discover you're not interested in the article specifically, or in the article topic more generally. The same pop-up menu also lets you block content from a certain source. To configure your feed even further, tap on the "Administra tus intereses" link on the same screen.
You'll see some of the Google searches you've run recently, as well as items you've saved in apps such as Google Maps. Anything that you've liked in the Discover feed by tapping its heart icon shows up here as well. For all of these lists, you can quickly remove entries just by tapping on them, if you don't want to see relevant recommendations. You'll also see topics you've said you're not interested in, and you can edit this list as well.
Finally, you can tap your profile picture (top right) to access a host of options related to Discover and your Google account in general: The key one for Discover is "Intereses," which takes you to the screen we've already mentioned, but you're also able to view (and wipe) your Google search history, see your public Google profile, and more.
The Google Discover feed, being a tech feature, is prominently displayed in Google apps for both Android and iOS, making it easily accessible for tech enthusiasts. If you're specifically interested in tech news, you might frequently find relevant articles in your Discover feed, given its ability to learn and adapt based on your online activity.
