Archive · 21 Aug 2026
Google Adds Preferred Sources and More Personalization Controls
Google is giving people more control over the news and information they see.
A new Preferred Sources button will let you choose websites you like.
Those websites may then appear more often in parts of Google Search.
Google Discover will also let you describe what topics or links you want to see more or less of.
For example, you could ask for road-trip videos without camping.
Discover will remember these requests and adjust your feed.
Google News on Android will let you choose topics for daily audio briefings.
The briefings will show where the information came from and link to full articles.
Google says more than 600,000 different sources have already been selected by users.
Google is introducing a Preferred Sources button that lets users choose publishers to see more often.
Selected sources may appear more frequently in Google Search features, including Top Stories, AI Overviews and AI Mode.
Users can soon describe topics they want more or less of in the Google app’s Discover feed.
Google News on Android will let users customize daily audio briefings by topic, with source attribution and article links.
Google says users have already selected more than 600,000 unique sources, while publishers can obtain button code through Search Central documentation.
- Who
- Google, its users and publishers participating in Google Search, Discover and Google News.
- What
- Google is adding Preferred Sources, conversational Discover preferences and customizable Google News audio briefings.
- When
- The Discover preference feature is expected in the coming days; no specific date is given for all changes.
- Where
- Google Search, the Google app’s Discover feed and Google News on Android.
- Why
- To give users more control over recommendations and help publishers stay connected with readers.
- Preferred Sources
- A website button that adds the publisher to a user’s Preferred Sources and returns the user to the page they were reading.
- Search visibility
- Preferred publishers may appear more often in Top Stories, AI Overviews and AI Mode.
- Sources selected
- Google says users have selected more than 600,000 unique sources.
- Discover controls
- Users can describe topics or links they want to see more or less of through the three-dot menu.
- Audio briefings
- Google News on Android will allow users to choose specific topics for daily audio briefings.
- Attribution
- Google News audio briefings will provide source attribution and links to full articles.
- Publisher access
- Publishers can obtain the Preferred Sources button code through Google Search Central documentation.