the platform google news it is one of the best places to get daily information no matter what platform you are using. By computer, tablet and especially by Android or iOS smartphone, it is an excellent way to keep up to date with the news and now it will be even more attractive.
What it is about is the new appearance of the widget, the thumbnail of the Google News application that we can use on the main screen of our Android smartphones. It is more dynamic, available in different sizes and always with content from the sources that are most valued so as not to waste time on a day-to-day basis.
Google News will have these new widgets in the Android app
Inspired by the Material You design philosophy, the new Google News app widget for Android now comes to the web in filtrationshowing us exactly what changes.
Thus, we will immediately have a large widget with more content and another more restrained one, with only the titles.
It should be noted that the content of each user’s favorite sources will also be presented here, as well as the topics they want to follow.
In any case, these widget They are not available yet, they have just “dropped” on the Internet, but they have already caught our attention thanks to their captivating appearance.
For a more immersive, current and rewarding user experience, the North American giant will present this same widget with version 5.82 of the Google News application. Until then, it will be a matter of waiting for its official arrival in the stable version of the app.
Design Material You comes with Android Application version 5.82
The problem is a new compact widget, occupying 2 x 2 cells, for a quick view of the news, the Quick View. It has space for little information, more specifically for a single featured story or headline, but it will be enough to grab the user’s attention, leading them to click on the headline.
On the other hand, for users who want to have a more complete presentation with several titles and images, we will also have a 4 x 3 widget for the screen of Android smartphones. There we will already have room for a list view with multiple stories in this Google news list view widget.
Google has promoted enhanced personalization
Both widgets can be freely applied and adjusted on the screen of our Android devices once version 5.82 of the Google News application is available. Version 5.81 is currently available via the Google Play Store, although the new version of the app should also be released shortly.
In any case, you can check the version of the app you already have installed on your Android by going to Settings – Applications – See all Apps and find the Google News application. This will display the build number of the installed version.
Finally, this same design change had already been confirmed by Google itself, in Publication dedicated to your blog.
At the moment, in addition to Portugal, Google News Showcase is available in 13 more countries. They are: Germany, Brazil, United Kingdom, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic, Ireland, Colombia, Argentina, Canada, India, Australia and Japan.