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Google Will Soon Let You Tell It What Stories You Want to See in Your Discovery Feed

Lifehacker • Fri, 21 Aug 2026

Natural language prompts are coming to the Google app's Discovery feed.

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Natural language prompts are coming to the Google app's Discovery feed.

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Natural language prompts are coming to the Google app's Discovery feed.

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