INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The new AI-powered Google News app is designed to help you find news stories you'll be interested, and make sure you get accurate reports
from credible sources.The app was announced at Google's 2018 IO conference, and is now live for iOS and Android
It replaces Google Play Newsstand.What is the new Google News appThe new Google News app is designed to keep you up to date with current
affairs, with stories from trustworthy sources.It opens with a Briefing, which is a list of five stories that you should find interesting
based on your preferences and location.There's also a list of Headlines, which is a mix of news across various categories, such as sports,
tech and business.For each story, the Google News app curates a collection of stories, pictures and video showing you a variety of
perspectives from around the web
It can also put together a timeline so you can see how events have unfolded so far
Google calls this 'Full Coverage'.The Google News app also lets you subscribe to online publishers that rely on paywalls and premium
subscriptions, and read their content in Google's mobile-friendly AMP format.How does it workGoogle announced the new app at its 2018 IO
conference, revealing that it would use machine learning to surface interesting stories from trustworthy publishers.Over time it learns your
preferences based on the briefings you choose to open, and will build up a picture of your interests that it can use to find more news that
It can also learn from topics and sources that you mark as favorites, and searches you perform.Google hasn't explained how it determines
which news sources are reliable, but it says they are curated.What platforms is it onThe Google News app is available for both Android and
iOS (for both iPhone and iPad), replacing Google Play Newsstand
Note that to use the iOS version, you'll first need to install Google Chrome.Is it different to Apple NewsYes, in some ways
Unlike Apple News, Google News pulls in tweets about stories, which are often a good way to learn about news as it breaks
Google News also gives you the same story from multiple outlets, including some you'd never normally see, giving you a more balanced
picture.There is a downside, though: unlike Apple News, Google News takes stories directly from the publisher's website, including any ads
on the original page.What about Google News and Weather for iOSGoogle News and Weather seems to be sticking around for the time being, but
we wouldn't be surprised if it's deprecated some time in the future, or tuned into an app exclusively for weather.
