Google News Showcase Is Now On Desktop + Ability For Publishers To Customize Linked Bullet Points

Google is rolling out News Showcase for desktop users of Google News (via news.google.com/showcase). Now every user of Google News, regardless of what device they’re using, can see enhanced story panels from our News Showcase partners. This feature is available in the eight countries where they have currently launched News Showcase (U.K., Australia, Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Italy, Czechia and India)

Some other key points

• Publishers will be better able to add context around their stories via linked bullet points in their panels.
• Google is now delivering over 10 million clicks per month from News Showcase content.
• Users have tapped the Follow button more than 460,000 times on News Showcase panels