Your News Update was first introduced by Google in 2019 as a method to provide users with quick audio news bits rather than forcing them to listen to complete podcasts. Now, two years later, the firm has quietly discontinued the service and returned to providing solely its usual news bulletin. Your News Update provided a mix of brief news pieces from various sources depending on your interests, history, geography, and preferences, as well as trending topics picked up by Google, while it was operational. If you stayed tuned in, the Assistant would switch from these short audio samples to longer-form local, national, and international content (not exceeding 10 minutes each).
Apart from Assistant, Your News Update is also no longer available in the Google Podcasts Explore tab, to which it was added in September of last year. If you used the the service before, you’ll now see the following message: Your News Update is no longer available, but you can still get the latest news from your favorite shows by adding them here.A Google spokesperson confirmed the removal of the feature to 9to5Google, calling it “streamlining.” We’re streamlining our audio news products to improve users’ experience. People will still be able to get audio briefings through News Briefings on Google Assistant.
To help make the curated news pieces specific and relevant to the user, Google relied on its vast personal data stores. We tested the feature when it launched, and we got about 15 topics spanning...
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