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Google Discover on Desktop Has Disappeared After Brief 2025 Rollout

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Google's Discover feature, which briefly rolled out to desktop Google.com in 2025, has disappeared and is no longer visible to users.

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SERoundtable reports that Google Discover, after a test phase in 2023 and a 2025 announcement indicating a desktop rollout, has vanished from the Google.com desktop interface. The feature was initially launched but has since been removed, leaving no trace of Discover on desktop search.

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