# Google News Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-news/ 5 people recommended Google News in Hacker News comments, 3 had mixed feelings and 22 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 5 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Criticized more than recommended: critics say Google has neglected it, with tabloid-style results and paywalled sources; those who recommend it cite its story clustering and useful RSS feed and being simple to use daily. Summary written by Claude from the comments below. ## What people warn about - Neglected by Google, decaying over time (4 comments in the sample): "Google abandons a piece of software into decaying crap but their scale and 'free'-ness is so large" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138282)) "Google is distracted by AI and letting Google News, now un-captained, run into the pier." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138228)) "Google started killing more services than it was announcing (Wave, News, +, etc" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47308975)) - Ignores date and search settings (3 comments in the sample): "the search tool no longer respects your settings" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138502)) "it just ignores that setting and gives me news published weeks, months or years in the past." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138262)) "Google News doesn't have arbitrary historical date search, only previous N." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138403)) - Curated or scrubbed stories (2 comments in the sample): "I got the ick from Google News and couldn’t find a news app that just showed my sources, algorithm-free." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47079377)) "I don't want anyone curating the current events or long-form I read." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46913372)) - Tabloid-style and nonsense results (2 comments in the sample): "All I've ever seen is just the same tabloid-style articles any time I've searched it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138192)) "in my Google news feed with the constant barrage of nonsense" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46681271)) ## Why people recommend it - Useful clustering and RSS feed (2 comments in the sample): "Effective clustering is the really interesting technology Google News has had for a long time." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46980433)) "Google News still has a very robust and useful RSS feed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50166872)) - Works well for daily reading (2 comments in the sample): "I use google news, the website and mobile app, daily and don’t have any complaints." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49138648)) "Google News seems better but my news reading is not a main activity" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49007857)) ## Other news aggregators people recommend - [Ground News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ground-news/): 14 recommend, 2 mixed, 21 criticize - [Kagi News](https://hackerapproved.com/p/kagi-news/): 10 recommend, 4 mixed, 4 criticize - [Digg](https://hackerapproved.com/p/digg/): 7 recommend, 8 mixed, 41 criticize - [Brutalist Report](https://hackerapproved.com/p/brutalist-report/): 7 recommend, 2 mixed, 1 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://news.google.com/home?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Google News", https://hackerapproved.com/p/google-news/ (5 recommend, 3 mixed, 22 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.