Google News

Google News

Search thousands of news stories

What is Google News?
Google News is a Chrome Extension that acts as a computer-generated news site. By aggregating headlines from news sources from across the globe, it groups similar stories together and displays them in line with readers' personal interests. It provides a diverse perspective by linking several articles on each story. Features include options for personalized news, alerts, mobile phone access, RSS feed updates, and news archive search dating over 200 years.
Merlin
Stats
Users: 500,000+
Rating: 4.22 (1,968)
Version: 3.1.1 (Last updated: 2019-11-12)
Creation date: 2019-11-11
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Size: 5.90K
URLs: Website
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Summary

Google News is a computer-generated news site that aggregates headlines from news sources worldwide, groups similar stories together and displays them according to each reader's personalized interests.

Traditionally, news readers first pick a publication and then look for headlines that interest them. We do things a little differently, with the goal of offering our readers more personalized options and a wider variety of perspectives from which to choose. On Google News we offer links to several articles on every story, so you can first decide what subject interests you and then select which publishers’ accounts of each story you’d like to read. Click on the headline that interests you and you'll go directly to the site which published that story.

Our articles are selected and ranked by computers that evaluate, among other things, how often and on what sites a story appears online. We also rank based on certain characteristics of news content such as freshness, location, relevance and diversity. As a result, stories are sorted without regard to political viewpoint or ideology and you can choose from a wide variety of perspectives on any given story. We'll continue to improve Google News by adding sources, fine-tuning our technology and providing Google News to readers in even more regions.

Features

Personalized news: No one can read all the news that’s published every day, so why not set up your page to show you the stories that best represent your interests?

Alerts: You can sign up to receive weekly, daily or as-it-happens email alerts on any topic that interests you.

News for your mobile phone: If you have a mobile data plan, you can access a special version of Google News right from your mobile phone.

Feeds: You can receive updates of various sections of Google News or Google News search results by subscribing to RSS or Atom feeds in your favorite feed reader.

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User reviews
User reviews summary
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Overzichtelijk en actueel nieuws, zonder te hinderlijke reclame (Neat and up-to-date news, without annoying ads)
  • Very good news app. I read it daily.
  • Great App Very Useful :)
  • It gives a good overall picture of what is happening in the world.
Cons
  • Cannot personalize it
  • Functionality has been stripped out, only category left is 'top stories'
  • New format is horrible, making it useless.
  • So-called personalization is terrible, doesn’t allow blocking of certain sources
  • Language management very inconvenient, always opens in English US
Most mentioned
  • New format issues
  • Inability to block/filter news sources
  • Personalization not working properly
  • Language and regional settings problems
  • Redirects to the web version, not a standalone app
Recent reviews
I don't see any advantage to using this app rather than just the website. I was also hoping to be able to turn off the sports section but cannot
by A Google user, 2018-08-11

毎回、日本に設定しないといけなくなってしまった。
by A Google user, 2018-02-01

I much preferred the old format. Further, the news sources offered are just so-so. And the "headline" news is usually dated. You can do better, Google.
by A Google user, 2017-09-10
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Safety
Risk impact

Google News is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Google News has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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