Re: Annoying news and ads from Google app

On 08 Dec 2024, Stan Brown <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in
comp.mobile.android:

On Sun, 8 Dec 2024 07:16:45 -0800, Stan Brown wrote:

 
Pixel 8a, Android 15
 
More than once, I've swiped left or right on a screen and been
dumped into a page with the Google header and a bunch of ads and
clickbait news items, none of which I want. It appears to be the
Google app, not Chrome, though I'm not 100% sure of that.
 
Is there some way to turn that off?

 
Sorry, I should have Googled (!) before posting. It's called
Discover, and it can be turned off in the Google app's own
Settings menu.
 
https://www.androidpolice.com/disable-google-discover-android/

Thank you! That has been annoying me for some time now. I've learned to
mostly avoid triggering it but it still happens sometimes. I don't need
or want it. Now gone!