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Google News is a service that automatically collects and organizes news articles from thousands of sources across the internet, making it easy for users to find stories on topics they care about in one place. It matters because it helps people stay informed by filtering through the massive amount of available news and presenting relevant stories based on their interests.
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Key facts
- Developer
- Initial release
- September 2002 ; 23 years ago ( 2002-09 )
- Android
- Android 5.146.0 (Build 833830951) / 18 November 2025 ; 6 months ago ( 2025-11-18 )
- Ios
- 5.111.0 / 24 November 2025 ; 6 months ago ( 2025-11-24 )
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Operating systemAndroid 6+, iOS 15+, web PredecessorGoogle News & Weather Google Play Newsstand Available in38 languages List of languages Afrikaans, Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cantonese, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Indonesian, Japanese, Khmer, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malayalam, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
TypeNews aggregator Websitenews.google.com
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