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Android Authority
7 days ago
- Android Authority
Google adds new button to Discover that will save you some scrolling
Andy Walker / Android Authority TL;DR Google has added a new jump-to-top button in the Discover feed. It only appears when accessing Discover from the launcher, not inside the Google app. The button is available in the latest beta version and appears when you scroll up. Some people are content with endlessly scrolling through the Google Discover feed, but others are keen to get back to the latest updates at the top as fast as possible. Big tech will always oblige if it keeps you on the platform, and the latest beta version of the Google app ( now includes a jump-to-top button. We spotted that the new button is only available when you access Discover from the launcher by swiping right from the home screen. If you open it through the Google app itself, the shortcut doesn't appear. Even from the launcher, the button only appears as you start to scroll back up, so as not to intrude on those who are continuing down. You can see this in action in the video below. It's a minor UI tweak, but one that mirrors other apps and will be welcomed by most people. The button shows up consistently across our devices running the latest beta, so it seems to be rolling out widely. This comes hot on the heels of the revelation that Google is also testing bookmarks and AI summaries in the Discover feed. There's no word on whether the same jump to top button will be added to the Discover feed inside the Google app, but we'll keep an eye out. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Android Authority
15-07-2025
- Android Authority
Google's Discover feed may be getting an AI feature no one asked for
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google is testing AI summaries for articles in the Discover feed. Like AI overviews in Google Search, Discover feed summaries combine information from multiple sources instead of just referencing one. Google is also testing a new button to bookmark articles that can be revisited later. Of late, Google has been experimenting with multiple ways to make its AI applications more visible, especially to users who have steered clear of Gemini so far. After rolling out AI overviews in Search widely and experimenting with the AI Mode in the US and India, Google is adding another AI experience that prevents you from clicking links. Google is now working to show AI-generated text-based summaries on articles in your Discover feed. This follows the company's previous experiment with audio summaries of your daily feed of articles. These summaries could replace the publisher's name and logo and provide related information on the topic from multiple sources, rather than relying solely on one. This change is reflected by logos of multiple publishers stacked on top of each other, as seen by 9to5Google, while a button seen placed adjacent to the stack of logos should reveal a list of all the sources. Meanwhile, the image and the headline are still sourced from the top article in the list. Based on the screenshots we see, only the first three lines of the summaries are visible initially, and the rest can be revealed by tapping the 'See More' button. Not all articles in the Discover feed are accompanied by AI summaries, but only for those labelled 'Trending,' and we expect to learn more about the criteria when the feature is tested more widely. In addition to links with text, 9to5Google also spotted AI summaries being tested for videos that appear in the Discover feed. Besides article summaries, a new bookmark button is also being tested, and it should help save articles for reading later. The new icon appears alongside the existing heart-shaped icon that you can press to inform Google's algorithm to show similar stories. As per 9to5Google, all bookmarked articles can be viewed later in the Google Discover feed's 'Activity' tab, which currently stores your browsing history and other bookmarks from Google Search. Alongside Android, Google is reportedly also testing AI summaries on iOS. However, the changes are not tied to a specific version of the Google app and may take a while before being rolled out to a broader audience. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
