Google is testing new widgets featuring sports scores and stock prices in its Discover news feed. The widgets already appear for some of the users when they follow stocks or sports teams in the Google search results.
Google Discover Widgets
Google adjusts the display of its Discover feed, which is the part of the home screen that shows relevant news articles. Discover can be seen on phones from, among others: Samsung, Sony, Nokia and Google.
Google is currently testing a more prominent place for sports scores and stocks, it writes 9To5Google† The results of sports teams that you follow via Google’s search results appear at the top of the news feed. You can do this by tapping the ‘Follow’ button in these search results. The score can be seen during a match and remains visible for a while afterwards. In addition, a map of all stocks that you follow also appears in which the daily price is visible. Google is also testing a weather widget that shows the temperature along with an icon representing the weather.
Different views
The widgets appear horizontally and you can also scroll and when you tap on them, Google will direct you to the search results where you will find more information. At the moment, Google is testing the system for a limited group of users, and here in the editors we haven’t seen this rendering in Discover yet.
It is striking that Google is also testing two versions of this feature. In one, the weather forecast appears in a similar map at the top of the news articles, but in the second, the weather widget takes up the entire top of Discover.
Google is also testing a system of information cards in its desktop search engine. What do you think of this change in Discover and are you already seeing this on your phone? Do you use Discover often, or do you use another tool that collects news, such as Microsoft Start? Let us know in the comments at the bottom of this article.
– Thanks for information from Androidworld. Source