The Discover feed is a widely used feature on smartphones, and now it's coming to our computers via the Google search engine's homepage.
Google is preparing a major overhaul of its search engine. The homepage of the desktop version will undergo significant changes. One of the most notable is the integration of a Discover feed, offering a news feed based on user preferences and habits, similar to what is found on the mobile experience.
The information was shared by Clara Soteras, an SEO expert invited to the Search Central Live event, which was held in Madrid on April 9. Google has been rumored to be aiming to bring Discover to desktop since 2023. The company is now ready to share information on the matter, suggesting imminent availability.
A Discover feed on the Google desktop homepage
At the interface level, Google has simply added Discover articles below the search bar on the main page. The latter is now scrollable to have enough space to display the feed, whereas it wasn't until now. A priori, only the Google.com URL is affected for now. The Discover feed should therefore not be displayed when opening a new blank tab on Chrome, for example.
Several users located in the United States report already having access to the new Google Search interface with Discover. They did not need to join a beta program or perform any special manipulation. When they opened Google, they simply saw the message “A new way to explore your interests” in the bottom right corner of the screen, followed by the sentence: “The Discover feed has been added to your homepage as part of an experiment”.
However, it seems that the rollout is still very limited. Beyond the geographical criterion, you must have your web and app search history enabled to benefit from this new feature in advance. The Discover feed should be tailored to your interests from the start if you use the same Google Account on mobile and desktop.
Google Discover will be available for desktop!🤩
The Google team is working to expand Discover on more surfaces. They just showed it in #sclmadrid, a great new feature for News and that will change the real-time and content strategy of publishers.
Let's remember that, right… pic.twitter.com/gw7SSwZ8ES
— Clara Soteras (@ClaraSoteras) April 9, 2025
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