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Google News To Be Revamped, Incorporate YouTube Videos and Magazines (arstechnica.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the new-and-improved dept.

Google News is reportedly being updated with a "new design" that will "incorporate elements of the [Google Play] Newsstand app and YouTube." It will be powered by Google's AMP technology and is expected to launch at Google I/O 2018. AdAge was first to report the changes. From a report: A Google News redesign is surprising considering that the current design is less than a year old. It's unclear if the current design is just being tweaked to incorporate YouTube and Play Newsstand or if the whole thing is being scrapped and rebuilt. The report also mentions that Google News will get a new app. Google Play Newsstand is currently an odd hybrid of magazine store and RSS reader. The report says that Google Play Newsstand is going to close as part of the Google News redesign. This is the second time we've heard of a "Google Play" brand getting the axe: Google Play Music is also expected to close when it merges with YouTube. We should learn more about the changes at Google I/O, which starts next week on Tuesday, May 8.

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  1. Re:why does everything have to be video? by stephanruby · · Score: 3, Informative

    Google News lets you blacklist any news source you want from the "sources" tab, so if you dislike youtube that much, you can just add it to the block list.