Google Discover can be really useful and interesting to keep you informed of those topics that interest you. The problem is that what you should not always appear, so we are going to show you how to configure it correctly . And if by any chance you still don’t know what it is, then we also tell you.
What is Google Discover
Google Discover is a section where Google shows you through cards information on a list of topics that are or may be interesting to you . Depending on the interactions with the rest of Google products and services, this tab goes configuration and selects what to show you and what not.
The idea is good, the problem is that it is easy for you to end up seeing very low quality content due to the “techniques” of certain media and, above all, due to the ignorance of the tool and its configuration. Therefore, having everything well controlled and from time to time reviewing what is happening is important if you are going to use it on a recurring basis.
How to optimize Google Discover content
The first thing you should know is how to activate and access Discover. To do this, the first thing is to activate the setting “Activity on the Web and in Applications”. Once done, to see the Discover section on an Android phone or tablet you just have to go to the Google application or, on some phones, from the home page or Home Screen swipe from the left edge to the right.
At that time a page / menu will appear where you will see different information and among it the Discover topics. And now what is really important, how to establish topics and how to stop seeing those from certain sources or that simply do not interest you anymore.
Add new topics in Google Discover
To add new topics of interest to your Google Discover section you just have to do a Google search. If there is a “follow” button on the cards that appear , press it and Google’s algorithms will start working to show you other related news and articles.
You also have an icon that allows you to increase or decrease the frequency of related content. That way you adjust more precisely what you will see and what you will see.
How to stop following certain topics or sources
To let a theme or source follow you can do it individually and as they appear in your Discover section , or directly go to the theme menu and select all those that no longer interest you.
If you are going to do it on the cards that appear, you simply have to hit the three-dot icon and then select the corresponding action: hide this news, I am not interested …, Do not show news of …
If you want to see all the interests that you follow right now you can click on the button Manage interests from that menu or go to the menu More> Settings> Interests> Your interests . From there you can delete and even add others depending on your use of other Google services and applications.
Google Discover, a great tool if you control
What Google Discover does is not new, there are other online tools and services that offer something similar. Here the advantage is that if you agree to activate that analysis of your browsing history, searches, etc., you get a greater personalization of the content according to your interests.
The problem is that, if you do not know how to take advantage of it and how to control what is shown or does not end up being a bottomless pit of junk and uninteresting content. So you know, take a few minutes and when you see something that does not fit you act accordingly.
And if by any chance you want to directly disable Discover, you just have to go to More> Settings> General and disable it. If it’s on the Android phone or tablet, go to Settings> Discover> Don’t show on the home page .
