is asking about your interests to better populate Now

BY GreenBot Staff

Published 10 Aug 2016

Updated 8/10/16: Updated with confirmation from that “Interests” is an experiment to tweak the utility of Now.

Now is always a work in progress. The latest new feature showing up for some users is a new interface for picking your favorite sports teams, TV shows, musicians, other topics.

Screenshots shared to Android lice illustrate what the concept looks like.

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Now may present a more colorful interface for selecting what you’re interested in seeing.

Once you select one of the main categories, then you can go through pick individual TV shows, people, stocks, or other specifics. 

A spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch that the new “Interests” feature is actively being tested by the company. There was no confirmation about any specific timeline or when there would be any official announcement.

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ck out people who are in the news or favorite programs to get updates about.

I’ve yet to see this appear on any of my Android devices, but such rollouts often take time. The goal is to better serve you with customized news updates in your Now feed. ile will usually pick up on concepts that you search for a lot, it’ll be helpful to customize this more directly.

The impact on you: You may not see this feature yet, as this is clearly some type of server-side switch on ’s part. So keep an eye out for it, as this looks like a good way to tell more specifically what types of news updates you want to see in your Now stream.