Google News gets a redesign on its 20th birthday
fresh lick of paint for desktop users
on its 20th birthday, with a redesign that gives more prominence to local news and personalized content. Users can now more easily customize the topics they’re shown by hitting the blue “customize” button in the right hand column . They can also add multiple locations to the “Local News” section by hitting the settings button to the right of the Local News header.
In practical terms, the biggest change is that various categories of news — like world, business, science, and health — have been moved from the left-hand side of the screen to a menu bar at the top. You can compare the before and after in the screenshots of the new design and the old look .Google News has now been running for 20 years, after launching in 2002.Google says it’s also expanded its “Fact Check” section, which highlights debunkings of viral claims from organizations like Full Fact.
Overall, I think the redesign of Google News makes it look more like a newspaper’s frontpage than an aggregated source like an RSS feed . It’s a pretty small change, but a welcome one.Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.Please confirm your subscription to Verge Deals via the verification email we just sent you.
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