TechHive: Google Now update adds RSS-style Cards, Waze traffic reports, and more

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Google Now update adds RSS-style Cards, Waze traffic reports, and more Nov 14th 2013, 15:28, by TechHive Staff When Google announced Android 4.4 KitKat in October, the company said improvements were also on the way for Google Now. The search giant recently made good on those promises late Wednesday, with rolling out a Google Now update bundled within a larger Google Search for Android refresh. The update packs some nice new Cards (hi Waze!), and tweaks to some existing features. Let's dig in. OK, RSS Google Reader may be gone, but if your favorite blog or Website gets updated, Google Now can alert you with a new Website update card. There's also a revamped News topic card that Google says "brings you fresh articles from the Web on topics you care about." The new News, What to Watch, and Website update Cards. (Click to enlarge.) Google Now already does this to a certain extent by showing you articles related to a news story you were reading earlier, or a topic you were searching for. It sounds like this new feature expands on that initial offering by showing stories related to broader topic categories. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: google_now-100033801-small.jpg

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