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Discover Samsung event offers steep discounts on phones, monitors, smartwatches, and more
XDA readers get early access to some of the best deals ahead of the official start of the event.
Starting today, you're going to get access to some of the hottest deals of the year during the Discover Samsung event. You'll see plenty of promotions and sales items over the next week, with plenty of new savings popping up daily on the brand's favorite smartwatches, monitors, smartphones, TVs, and more. So if you've been eyeing that brand new Galaxy Z Fold 5, or just needed a new TV, now's going to be the perfect time to shop and save big.
Discover Samsung sales event brings sizzling deals just in time for summer
Samsung's next massive sales event is just around the corner, and this time it's kicking it up a notch with some impressive deals.
The Discover Samsung event is just around the corner and if you've been on the hunt for some of the best deals of the season, this week-long sale is going to be right up your alley. Samsung's going to be offering some incredible discounts on some of its most popular products like TVs, smartphones, monitors, laptops, tablets — you name it.
Google Discover prepares for the Pixel Tablet with new three-column layout
The optimized UI has started rolling out to existing Android tablets
Google is expected to release the highly anticipated Pixel Tablet sometime this year. In the run-up to the launch, the company is introducing several changes to Android to optimize the OS for the tablet interface and offer users a great experience out of the box. Of late, the company has added a cleaner taskbar interface for tablets. In addition, it's rolling out an updated interface for the Discover feed that makes better use of the extra real estate tablets offer.
Google is reportedly testing a new in-app browser UI for Search and Discover. Instead of opening webpages in fullscreen, the new UI uses a sheet that doesn't extend all the way to the top of the screen.
Google Discover tests showing stock alerts at the top of the feed
Google Discover is getting a new tile that will show stock alerts at the top of the feed. Read on to learn more about the new tile.
Google recently started testing a new feature in the Discover feed that showed Islamic prayer timings for some users. The feature appeared as a banner at the top of the feed and prominently highlighted the timings for the next Asr namaz. Google is now testing another helpful feature that shows stock alerts at the top of the Discover feed.
Google Discover tests showing Islamic Prayer times to some users
Google Discover is showing the Islamic prayer timings to some users on the -1 Homescreen, leading to a Google Search for the query. Read on!
For all the information that Google presents through Discover on the -1 homescreen, there's always scope to provide more useful information beyond the usual news articles, weather updates, and ads. Google is now testing a new information card in Google Discover, one that shows the next Islamic prayer timings.
Discover Killer mod replaces the Google Discover feed with whatever you want
If you want to replace the Google Discover page with another app of your choice, you can do so with an Xposed module called Discover Killer.
The default launcher app on Google's Pixel lineup and many other smartphones running close-to-stock versions of Android offers a handy integration with Google Discover. As the successor to Google Feed, Discover's launcher integration allows users to swipe to the left of their default home screen and conveniently access the latest news stories, video recommendations, and more. This feature has been adopted by notable skinned versions of Android as well, such as ASUS' ZenUI, Xiaomi's MIUI, and OnePlus' OxygenOS. However, some users have lashed out at Google for showing clickbaity content in Discover while also showing advertisements in feeds.
Google highlights a "new look for Discover" on Android 12 and tests news showcase integration
Google highlights the updated Google Discover UI in Android 12 and starts testing the News Showcase section with a handful of users.
In April this year, we got our first look at the updated Google Discover UI in Android 12. At the time, the redesigned UI was only available for a handful of users. But it's now rolling out to more users running the Android 12 beta release.
Google Chrome is trying really hard to get users to click on news articles
Google Chrome's newest experiment in Chrome 90 shows that Google is trying really hard to get people to use their Discover feature.
Google Chrome is quite likely the most used browser in the world, but Google being Google, it often likes pushing new features down your throat. One of them is the Discover feed. You can currently find it in a lot of places within the Google ecosystem, mainly on the Google app, but it also shows up in Chrome, particularly when you open up a new tab. It's been there for a long time, actually---since Chrome 54, to be precise. So you could say that it's pretty much commonplace already. But Google wants users to really use the feature, and the newest experiment in Chrome 90 shows Google making even more room where Google's Discover feed will show up.
The Galaxy S21's launcher integrates the Google Discover feed
The all-new Galaxy S21 lineup comes with the Google Discover feed in the stock launcher, along with better integration for other Google products.
The all-new Galaxy S21 series is finally here, and Samsung has packed it with a bunch of exciting new tech. The three devices in the lineup feature the latest flagship chipsets from Qualcomm and Samsung, they offer some impressive camera hardware, and the company has even updated its One UI skin for the devices to include some cool new features. These include features like Object Eraser that can remove unwanted objects or people from photos, Private Share to control who gets access to the content you share, and much more. As seen in a previous leak, the Galaxy S21 series also gets Google Discover feed integration in the launcher.
Google Discover is getting a dedicated section for immersive Web Stories
Google Discover in the US, India, and Brazil is getting a new section for Snapchat-like immersive Web Stories.
The Google Discover feed on your devices is getting a dedicated section for Web Stories, a Snapchat Stories-like feature that was first announced all the way back in 2018. The feature allows publishers to post short, visually appealing pieces of content that users can easily skim through on their devices. Web Stories in Google Discover are already live in India, the US, and Brazil, and they're currently available in English and Hindi. The company plans to extend availability to more regions and add support for more languages soon.
OnePlus Launcher 4.5.6 adds toggle to switch between Google Discover and OnePlus Shelf
The latest update for the OnePlus Launcher brings a new toggle that will allow users to switch between Google Discover and OnePlus Shelf.
Shortly after the launch of the OnePlus 8 series earlier this year, we learned that the company was replacing the OnePlus Shelf feature on its flagship devices for this year with the Google Discover Feed on the 'minus-one' screen. However, the Shelf made a reappearance with a recent update of the OnePlus Launcher, when the company added an optional swipe down gesture to help users quickly access the feature. Now, according to a recent report from 9to5Google, the latest update for the OnePlus Launcher (v4.5.6) brings a new toggle that will allow users to switch between the Google Discover Feed and OnePlus Shelf on the 'minus-one' screen.
OnePlus Launcher will show Google Discover, not Shelf, on the OnePlus 8
OnePlus Launcher on the recently launched OnePlus 8 series replaces OnePlus Shelf with the Google Disocver feed by default.
OnePlus just launched its flagship OnePlus 8 series and, as expected, both the OnePlus 8 (review) and the OnePlus 8 Pro (review) are packed to the brim with top-of-the-line hardware. Along with the hardware improvements, the latest flagships from OnePlus also bring a much-awaited change on the software front — Google Discover feed integration.
Google Discover now lets you report news as misleading or sensational
Google Discover now has a new Report content feature that will allow users to report misleading or sensational news stories.
Many Android users rely on Google's Discover feed for their daily dose of news stories. The feature, which debuted back in September 2018, is designed to help users discover new things based on their personal interests, including news, popular videos, new music releases, sports updates, and a lot more. While Google does give you the option to hide stories and publications that you don't want to see in your feed, it didn't include any options to curb the spread of misinformation. In light of recent events, where misleading or sensational information is spreading online like wildfire, the company has now added a new feature to Google Discover that will let you report such news stories.
Google App tests suggestions and Lens shortcut in the search widget, new At a Glance features, simpler Discover Interests, Podcasts redesign, and Photos sharing from Assistant
The Google App is testing new features, including changes to the search widget, At a Glance widget, Google Discover, Google Podcasts, and Google Assistant.
The Google App is massive because of how many different services it contains. It's got Google Search, Google Discover, Google Podcasts, Google Assistant, and Google Lens all under the same roof. With so many different services, it's hard to keep up with all the smaller changes that Google is testing. We've been tracking some of the developments in the latest versions of the APK, and here's a summary of what we recently found.
Google launches new ways for ads to reach your YouTube homepage, Gmail inbox, and Discover feed
Google has announced new ways of showing ads to users including gallery ads which will be available in YouTube, Gmail, Google Discover, and more.
Google has been evaluating new ways to target more users with advertisements. In this pursuit of increasing the reach of ads, Google will soon start offering an "open canvas" to marketers to show you ads in a variety of apps that you visit often. Destinations for this new kind of ads include Google Images, YouTube app, Gmails inbox, etc.