Google News is a helpful app to stay informed about world current affairs and get all your news in one place. You can obtain news from the most reliable and trustworthy sources on Google News.
However, there might be many stories on your Google News feed that you don't care about or is not relevant to you. Because irrelevant news takes up your screen, you miss out on what is most important to you. Here, we'll show you how to personalize your Google News feed to get better content.
Personalizing Your Google News For Your Interests
Google News heavily relies on your browsing history, so you can't control the news that appears in your feed. However, you can actively remove or ask for more specific topics or sources. You may follow interests and subjects you want to know more about, which will make your newsfeed more relevant.
Google lets you customize the news or stories you prefer to see so that you can get regular updates about topics that interest you. After personalizing Google News, you’ll seldom miss highlights of your favorite sport or new season announcement for your favorite series.
You can choose what you want to see, follow or unfollow specific topics, and get news in your language about any region. And even change which Google activities to save for your news personalization.
How to Change Your Language & Region on Google News
On Desktop
Once you have opened Google News on your browser and logged into your account, you will notice a hamburger icon at the top-left side of your screen; this is the Main Menu.
Click on the Main Menu, and you will see many options on your screen. Scroll down, and click on Language & Region to change it to your preference.
On Mobile
Once you have opened Google News mobile app and logged into your account, click on your profile picture on the top-right of your screen. Then, after you click on News Settings, you can change Language and Regions of Interest.
Now that you have set your preferred language and region for which you wish to get news, it is time to follow your interests. This step is significant if you want to personalize your news for your likes and remove irrelevant news interests.
How to Follow Your Interests on Google News
On Desktop
At the top of the screen, type the topic, place, event, or news publication in the search box. Then, click on the Follow button on the top-right of your screen.
Another way to personalize Google News according to your preference is to ask Google to show more of a particular type of news or not show that news.
To tell Google to do so, Go to the For You section in the Main Menu, click on any News. You’ll see Save for Later, Share, and More buttons next to each other. Click on More and then press Like to see more similar news, or Dislike to stop such news in your feed.
On Mobile
Search for a topic, place, event, or news publication in the search box of your Google News app and click on the Star symbol on the top-right of your screen to follow that topic.
Go to For You on the homepage of your Google News app and click on the More button then, Like to see more similar stories and Dislike to stop seeing such news.
As we pointed out earlier, Google News relies on your web activity and browser history to suggest you news. You'll often search for irrelevant topics throughout the day, so you want to avoid seeing news for all that.
You can change this by asking Google not to save your Web and App Activity. If Google is no longer saving your activity, it won't be able to suggest stories based on this.
Google News Is the Best Place to Find News
Google has an intelligent algorithm that most often gives exact answers to your search queries. The search engine will show you content that is legitimate and accurate for your search query on top.
Google’s algorithms are improving every day to improve user experience. But, Google is not a news outlet and shares news from different sources. So, personalizing Google News to fit your interests is a great way to get more relevant stories.