Your Google Discover feed could soon be more customizable (APK teardown)
Google appears to be preparing a major upgrade to the Discover experience: the ability to hand-pick multiple languages for your feed. An APK teardown of the Google app for Android (version 16.33.64 beta) reveals a new language selection interface that, once live, should give you far more control over the content you see.
What’s new
Today, Discover can show stories in several languages, but you can only set one primary language yourself. Google fills in the rest based on your browsing behavior, and your only manual control is to hide content in certain languages. The upcoming change introduces a “Discover feed languages” option in the Google app’s Settings, letting you:
- Choose multiple languages for the Discover feed
- Edit your selections at any time
- Remove languages you no longer want to see
From what we’ve seen during testing, there doesn’t appear to be a hard cap on how many languages you can add. That should help multilingual users, frequent travelers, and anyone who follows international news tailor their feed without relying solely on Google’s automatic language detection.
Not live yet, but in active testing
The redesigned interface isn’t broadly available at the moment. We surfaced it during our teardown by enabling hidden flags, which suggests Google is still iterating and preparing a wider rollout. As with any feature uncovered in an APK, timing and final details can change before it ships.
Why it matters
Discover is meant to be a personalized window into the web, but language has been a blunt instrument—either you accept Google’s inferred mix or you hide languages one by one. Direct, multi-language selection fixes that, putting user intent front and center. It’s particularly helpful if you:
- Read niche coverage that’s strongest in specific locales
- Follow topics across different regions and languages
- Learn a language and want exposure to native content
More granular control could also improve content diversity and reduce the chance of missing important stories that don’t show up due to automatic filtering.
Context: AI overviews join the Discover mix
This experiment arrives as Google continues to rework Discover’s relevance and engagement. Recently, the company started surfacing AI overviews in Discover—summaries that compile information from multiple sources on a single topic. The multi-language picker complements that direction: if you follow news in several languages, AI summaries could help you quickly assess coverage before diving into full articles.
How it might roll out
Because the option is tied to the Google app, expect a mix of app updates and server-side switches to enable it. If history is any guide, Google could release the UI gradually, starting with beta users. Keep your Google app updated and, if you’re eager to try features early, consider joining the beta channel.
Bottom line
Google’s upcoming “Discover feed languages” setting looks like a simple change with outsized impact. By letting you pick multiple languages—without an apparent limit—the Discover feed should get more relevant, more global, and more personal. It’s not live for everyone yet, but all signs point to a feature that will make Discover better for multilingual readers when it arrives.
As always with APK teardowns, plans may shift before public release. We’ll be watching for broader availability and will update once the toggle starts appearing on more devices.
