Google Discover testing AI story summaries

Google is testing AI-generated summaries in the Discover feed on Android and iOS, as well as easier bookmarking.

Instead of a single publication logo and name in the top-left corner of the card, Discover shows several overlapping icons to represent how many stories were used to generate the summary. Tapping opens a “More” sheet with all those articles.

You get three lines of text before you have to tap “See more.” The very last thing notes how it was “Generated with AI, which can make mistakes.” This experience, especially the highlighting of key information, feels very similar to AI Overviews in Google Search results.

The cover image is from the first story, with its headline appearing underneath. The publication name is even smaller than the title alongside the time/date. 

From a browsing experience, this gives you more information and context before having to tap into an article. However, that extra information might have the adverse effect of users not clicking on the article. As of this test, Google Discover’s AI summaries appear alongside the existing solo article format.

Meanwhile, Discover is also testing adding the “Save” icon directly to the card. Appearing in between the heart and overflow menu, this saves you a tap, with your bookmarks appearing in the Activity tab. 

AI summaries and the elevated save icon are still being tested and not widely available. We’re seeing it on both Android and iOS (Google app).

More on Google Discover:

• Google app going edge-to-edge for Discover feed 
• Google Discover builds on latest redesign with article previews over headlines [Gallery]
• Google Discover redesign emphasizes site names 

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