Google News finally gets a new look on Desktop, after 20 years!

Google News is a news aggregator service developed by Google. The service, which offers comprehensive up-to-date news coverage, aggregated from sources all over the world, first launched as a beta version in September 2002.

Google News is available as an app on Android, iOS, and the Web, and happens to be the world’s largest news aggregator, used by people around the world, including children.

To help people dive deeper into important stories and more easily find local news from around the world, Google says it is revamping its desktop site with a new design that allows you to track global and local news on one screen.

“We’re launching a redesigned, more customizable Google News experience for desktop,” the Tech Giant announced today.

The company mentioned that the feedback it got from readers was the rationale behind the new update. It said the goal is to make it easier for users to catch up on the most important news by bringing Top stories and Local news to the top of their pages.

As you can see (in the above image) the new look puts Your Briefing, Local news, and Top Picks section on a single page in different columns so it’s easier to catch up with news on topics and regions you care about.

Users who are yet to see the updated version can acknowledge that the Headlines Section is what displays first, along with the Weather Widget on the side. Other sections like World, For You, and Local news were accessible by scrolling down or by clicking on these topics from the sidebar.

Google says you can now use the filter button to add multiple locations to your local news section, so you’ll never miss important news about the cities and towns you care about. You also have the ability to customise the topics that appear on the homepage. This new feature makes it simple to scroll and click through to the stories that most interest you. “You can add, remove or reorder topics – just click the blue customize button in the top right of the Your Topics section,” the company adds.

Lastly, the Tech Giant has also expanded the Fact Check section in Google News. According to Google, this will help readers make better judgments on the information they get online. “In addition to headlines, you’ll now see the original claim made along with the fact-checked assessment from independent organizations,” Google concludes.