Google tests summaries generated by AI in the discovery flow on Android and iOS, as well as easier bookmarks.
Instead of a unique logo and publication name in the upper left corner of the map, Discover shows several icons that overlap to represent the number of stories used to generate the summary. The tapping opens a “more” sheet with all these articles.
You get three lines of text before having to press “see more”. The very last thing notes how it was “generated with AI, which can make mistakes”. This experience, in particular the highlighting of key information, is very similar to AI’s overviews in Google research results.
The cover image is the first story, with its title appearing below. The publication name is even smaller than the title next to the time / date.
According to a navigation experience, this gives you more information and context before having to draw from an article. However, this additional information could have the unfavorable effect of users who do not click on the article. From this test, the summaries of the AI of Google Discover appear alongside the existing solo article format.
Meanwhile, Discover also tests the adding of the icon “save” directly to the menu. Appearing between the heart and overflowing menu, this saves you a tap, with your bookmarks appearing in the Activity tab.
The AI summaries and the high backup icon are still being tested and not widely available. We see it on Android and iOS (Google App).
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