How to Customize the News Sources on Google Assistant

Written by Nicole Levine, MFA

This wikiHow teaches you how to customize the news sources used by Google Assistant.

Steps

1
Open Google Assistant. On most Android devices, you can launch Assistant by tapping and holding the home button at the bottom of the screen.
2
Tap the menu icon. It’s a white rectangle in a blue circle near the top-right corner of the screen.

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3
Tap ⁝. It’s at the top-right corner of the screen.
4
Tap Settings.
5
Scroll down and tap News. All current news sources appear here.
- To rearrange items in the list, tap Change Order at the list's top-right corner, then drag sources where you want them.
6
Tap the “X” next to sources you want to remove. Do this only if you don’t want to receive updates from a certain source. You can always add it back later.
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Scroll down and tap + Add news sources. A list of all possible sources will appear, including those you’ve removed (if applicable).
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Select your desired sources. Tapping the box to the right of the source’s name adds it to your list, automatically updating all Google Assistant services that report news (including My Day summaries and news subscriptions).

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