Check or change your Google News settings

Note: This feature is only available if you're signed in to your Google Account.

You can change your Google News settings, like your: 

  • Language and region
  • Text size
  • Colour scheme
  • Video playback options

Change settings through the app

  1. Open your Google News app Google News app.
  2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or initial and then News settings .
  3. Tap the setting that you want to change.

Change story display settings

You can change your settings to see more headlines at once and make story thumbnails smaller. 

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open your Google News app Google News app.
  2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or initial and then News settings .
  3. Turn on Mini Cards.

Available general settings

Depending on your device and app version, you can set your:

  • Daily briefing emails: Get your personalised daily briefing in your inbox.
  • Product updates emails: Stay connected with the latest updates and features related to your Google News.
  • Languages and regions of interest: Pick up to two languages and places of interest.
  • Dark theme: Use dark colours in place of light colours. Turn on or off in device settings. Learn how to use a dark colour scheme.
  • Mini cards: List stories with smaller images and words.
  • Sources and topics to get less of: If you’ve chosen not to get a publication, you can choose to get it again.
  • Data saver mode: Pick when to save mobile data.
  • Temperature units: Pick Fahrenheit, Celsius or Kelvin.
Learn how to update your location on Google. For Google News and other apps, choose which apps use your Android phone’s location.

Find and control your Web & App Activity 

  1. Open your Google News app Google News app.
  2. At the top right, tap your Profile picture or initial and then My Activity. 

Find out how to see and control your Web & app activity

Available notification settings

You can control your Google News app notifications and daily briefing emails. Learn about Google News notifications.

Save stories to read later

To read news articles later, you can save them. Learn how to save stories.

Personalise your Google News content

You can have Google News show more stories that you’ll like and fewer that you won’t. Learn how to improve what is shown for you.

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