How to Customize Your Google Assistant Daily Briefing

How to Customize Your Google Assistant Daily Briefing

The Google Assistant comes in several different flavors. There’s the baked-in Google app on Android, the dedicated Google Assistant app on iOS, and the Assistant-powered Google Home smart speaker. But no matter how you access it, your Assistant will only get better if you take some time to personalize things.

One of the first tweaks everyone should make is to adjust the news sources your Assistant will use with its “My Day” feature. This way, when you ask the Google Assistant to “Tell me about my day,” it will read your calendar events, update you on the weather, tell you how long your commute to work will be, and then follow that up with a personalized news briefing that prioritizes your favorite news outlets.

It’s a pretty simple process, but I’ll guide you through it all below. Before you get started, though, it would be a good idea to make sure all the right account permissions are enabled so that Google Assistant can personalize your news and “My Day” content even better.

Step 1: Access Your Account Settings

First up, trigger your Google Assistant by long-pressing your home button (or by opening the Google Assistant app on iOS), then tap the blue circular menu button in the top-right corner of the interface. From there, tap the three-dot menu button in the top-right corner of the screen and choose “Settings.”

Note: If you’re a Google Home user, open the Google Home app for Android or iOS, then tap the hamburger menu icon and choose “More Settings.”

Step 2: Add News Sources

From the account settings screen, scroll down a bit and select the “News” category, then on the following screen, select “Add News Sources” towards the bottom.

Next, choose your language and region from the drop-down menu if it’s not already selected, then go through the list and tick the boxes next to any news source you’d like to add. Sources are categorized into ten sections: General, Technology, Business, Sports, World, Entertainment, Politics, Science, Health, and Art and Lifestyle.

Maya Lin-Takahashi
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Maya Lin-Takahashi

Maya is a hardware enthusiast who tests and reviews smart home devices, smartphones, wearables, and audio gear. She focuses on practical consumer value and build quality.