Google on Wednesday announced the addition of a new mobile feature called "News near you" that's intended to bring users relevant local news.The feature will enable users to stay up-to-date on the latest news pertaining to their current city and surrounding location.
Google News first introduced location-based results in 2008. Currently, Google offers a local section for just about any city, state, or country in the world with coverage from thousands of sources.
"We do local news a bit differently, analyzing every word in every story to understand what location the news is about and where the source is located," Google said in a blog post.
To start browsing local news on their smartphones, Android or iPhone users need to go to news.google.com on their browser, and when the pop-up arises, authorize it to share your location. The section
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