About the updates to Google News

Google News aggregates headlines from news sources worldwide, groups similar stories together and displays them according to each reader's personalized interests. We've recently re-designed Google News to give users more access to news that is the most important to them. Check out the new features below.

• News for You
• Promote/Demote a Source
• Top Stories
• Topic Links
• Share Story Groups
• Language & Regions
• Recent Stories
• Local Coverage
• Spotlight

News for You

Customize your Google News experience by telling us how often you would like to read news from each section and add topics you follow.

New! Our two-column view shows the three top stories from each section.

Promote/Demote a Source

You can now tell us which news source you would rather see more or less of on Google News from News Settings.

Top Stories

Top stories show the most popular topics on Google News each day.

Topic Links

Topic links provide additional news stories on a particular subject.

Share Story Groups

Share groups of similar stories with other people via email, Reader, Facebook, Twitter, and Google Buzz.

Language & Regions

Language & regions allow for targeting based on language and location.

Recent Stories

Recent stories display recent news articles shortly after they are published.

Local Coverage

Local coverage highlight news and weather from your local area.

Spotlight

Spotlight coverage is updated periodically with news and in-depth pieces of lasting value.