Tech Desk 
Jul 26, 2024
Alphabet-owned Google has been developing the “your space” section of Discover for a few months and is now using it to feature games.
9to5Google recently spotted a “Today’s Teaser” card alongside other widgets for weather, air quality, sports, and finance. The “Customise your space” menu describes this as “Games with new content daily.”
Google’s Discover game is a “would you rather” poll, showing the results after you vote and offering a related search. Gadinsider has compiled the results for the past week:
- July 18: 47% would rather experience a day as a butterfly vs. 53% as a dolphin
- July 19: 63% would rather stay at a resort for a week vs. 37% backpack across Europe for three months
- July 20: 52% would rather see the world with a child’s wonder vs. 48% with the wisdom of age
- July 21: 47% would rather make friends with a raccoon vs. 53% with a crow
- July 22: 64% would rather live in a world with magic vs. 36% with sci-fi-esque technology
- July 23: 53% would rather embrace the uncertainty of life with joy vs. 47% seek out answers to life’s mysteries
- July 24: 44% of humanity would rather bring back dinosaurs vs. 56% of humanity being visited by aliens
You can participate and access the page directly at: dailygames.discover.google.com. This initiative appears to be Google's attempt to create a homepage experience with daily polls that encourage people to return regularly.
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Additionally, Google recently introduced an “Updates from search” card with “Summaries from the new top stories on your interests.” This appears as a square card the size of two stacked space widgets, featuring a Gemini-esque gradient background and sparkle in the bottom-right corner.
For instance, one card titled “The United States men’s national soccer team” highlighted “France beats US in opening Olympics soccer match.” Tapping on it takes you to a standard Google Search results page. The design is quite prominent and pushes down the rest of Google's Discover feed further.
