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Google Discover is one of the best ways to find recommended content on your phone, and now—after more than a year of rumors—it appears poised to launch on the desktop.
As spotted by X user Damien Andell, and reported by Android Authority, some users in Australia, Japan, and New Zealand are now seeing the feature on the Google homepage in Chrome. You may be able to activate elsewhere by heading to the New Zealand version of the site.
We were able to replicate it on one of PCMag’s Google accounts, but it didn’t work on every account we tested. It also gave recommendations tailored to us rather than topics relevant for those in New Zealand.
(Credit: PCMag)Google hasn't officially announced the rollout. There may be more to come at I/O today, but it could also just be a smaller test ahead of a global rollout.
As AI Overviews eat into some publishers' traffic, this could be a good way to recoup readers.
Google Discover takes your history across the company's search products to figure out what you like to read about and it tries to give you a feed of article recommendations. It uses sources you regularly visit as well as topics you're interested in. Sometimes it will even pull YouTube videos or social media posts that are trending, too.
You can access Google Discover on your Android phone by swiping right on the home screen. You can also access the feature on iPhone and Android devices within various Google services, including Chrome and the Google app.