Google has begun rolling out a conversational option for adjusting the Discover feed, letting users type exactly what they want more or less of instead of picking from fixed categories. The feature appears through the three-dot menu on a Discover card, opening a chat-style prompt where a reader can name topics or specific links to add to or remove from rotation.
Google says the feed updates in real time and retains those stated preferences for future sessions. The company frames this as a way to match content to what a user cares about right now, rather than relying only on click history and preset topic filters.
Search Engine Roundtable noted the underlying mechanism may not be entirely new: a similar option appears to have reached some users as early as December, raising the question of whether this marks a fresh launch or simply a broader rollout of an existing test.
For publishers, the update adds one more input readers can use to shape their own Discover exposure, separate from ranking signals a site can influence directly.
Search Engine Roundtable, in a Barry Schwartz report published August 21, 2026, first covered Google’s conversational Discover feed customization.
