[Updated] Google Discover (news) feed blank or unavailable for some, issue escalated (workaround inside)

New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…….

Original story (published on April 25, 2022) follows:

Google Discover is a personal hub or feed where relevant news and updates for users are gathered according to their tastes or searches.

Users can access Google Discover through the Google app for mobile devices. Many manufacturers also allow you to access Google Discover by swiping right on the Homescreen.

However, currently some users are facing issues with the feature. According to multiple reports, Google Discover feed content is blank or unavailable, but there is a potential workaround.

Google Discover is currently unavailable for some users as the feed results appear blank. The only visible thing is the Google search bar.

Google Discover suddenly became disabled for my Pixel 6, and the setting to turn it back on is gone. Anyone else?

It’s really strange!

One evening, my Discover feed is totally blank so I assumed some security update or something just automatically turned it off. When I go back into my settings, though, the switch for Discover is just gone.

I can search “Discover” in settings, and it’ll show up as a result, but when I tap it, it just takes me to the page where it should be, along with the other settings.
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The issue affects the Discover feed whether you access it from the Google app or from the Homescreen (by swiping to the right).

Google news feed is blank

I have a pixel 6 pro and a few days ago found that my the news feed I see when I swipe right on the home screen is completely blank, the same is true when I open the Google app itself, it just shows the search bar, in both when I swipe down to refresh nothing happens. I have turned the phone off and on deleted cache and storage and nothing worked.
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The issue has been escalated to the Google team for further review, according to a Product Expert on the support forums.

However, at the moment Google has yet to respond officially regarding a possible fix and ETA. Fortunately, there is a potential workaround that reportedly helps resolve the issue.

If your Google Discover is blank, you need to uninstall Google app updates. Next, make sure you have automatic updates turned off for the Google app from the Play Store.

The only thing that does fix the issue is uninstalling the app updates taking it back to the factory version, this fixes the problem but then the app auto updates to the newest version and back comes the problem.
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We will update this story as new related developments emerge.

05:40 pm (IST): A product expert has confirmed that the issue with the Google Discover feed has now been resolved.

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