Keeping up on the news out there can be overwhelming. That's where Google Currents comes in—an app that allows you to discover, share and read your favourite news outlets, blogs and online magazines (what we together refer to as “editions”) on your smartphone or tablet—even when you’re offline.

Today, we’re bringing Canadian publications to Currents. We have great editions from publications like The Toronto Star, CBC, iVillage Canada, Canada.com, and Cottage Life. You can scan through all your favourite categories and specific editions with just the swipe of a finger. And, we use some of the technology behind Search to bring you breaking stories on those celebrity scandals, news that shakes the business world, or latest and greatest sports moments.





Scan through categories
Keep track of your existing subscriptions and discover new ones grouping editions into categories. Check out editions related to your interests through categories like Entertainment, Sports, Lifestyle and more. All of your content will be grouped in these categories, accessible from a sidebar. And you can organize your editions in each category with favourites on top.

It’s easy to quickly browse through top articles from all your favourite editions in a category—just swipe horizontally. If you subscribe to more than a dozen News editions like The Toronto Star, Huffington Post Canada and CBC News, you can quickly swipe through the entire category and dive into editions with articles of interest.



Scan through editions We’ve also made it easier to scan headlines in a particular edition—just swipe vertically. Want to see what’s new in CBC Sports news? Just swipe through through the headlines. After you view a story we’ll mark it as read, so it’s easier to see new content each time you use Currents.



 Scan through breaking stories To help you stay up-to-date with the latest news, Google Currents uses some of the technology behind Search to deliver the hottest breaking stories in categories such as World, Entertainment, Sports, Science and more. You’ll find new articles from hot topics that interest you, while discovering existing Currents editions you can subscribe to. Breaking stories are customized to Canada —so we’ll only show you relevant news.



Read in your preferred language To help you enjoy content in your preferred language, we’ve integrated Google Translate into Google Currents. Just press the globe icon while reading an edition, and you can automatically translate that edition to one of 38 supported languages.

Currents optimizes editions to look great on whatever type of device you're using. Articles shine, with large images and layouts that are intelligently optimized for your device, whether you're on a phone or a tablet.

Millions of people around the world have downloaded Currents, reading over 700 publisher editions and tens of thousands of self-produced editions. The updated app is available for download on Google Play and iOS. Finally, if you’re an international publisher you can use Google Currents Producer to add local content for people in Canada and the other countries where Currents is available. You can even enable auto-translation and choose in which countries you want your content available.

We hope that today’s updates make keeping up with the latest news fast, easy and fun no matter where you are or what device you’re using.

Posted by Mussie Shore, Group Product Manager