Google’s latest Discover test could easily be its most controversial yet
Your Google Discover feed could soon be swarming with social posts.
- Google Discover is experimenting with social media.
- In what appears to be quite limited testing, some users are seeing carousels of social posts mixed in with the news feed.
- So far, content from Instagram and X has been spotted, but other services may also be involved.
Google Discover represents a particularly convenient way to stay up to date on the latest news, just one little swipe away from your phone’s home screen. But like any aggregation service, its value lies in how successfully it’s able to surface the content that’s most relevant to our interests. So far, that’s basically consisted of stories posted to new sites, as well as some YouTube videos. But now we’re hearing about a new test that could be about to turn Discover on its head.
Right now this appears to only be a limited experiment that select users are seeing, but for those affected, Discover now includes posts from social media. In the examples shared by 9to5Google we see Discover pulling together posts from Instagram and X, and displaying them is a scrollable horizontal carousel. That same look is being applied to YouTube videos, as well, including full-length content — not just Shorts.
