Discover update
February 2026 Discover update
Rolled out 5 Feb – 27 Feb 2026, 21 days, 17 hours. Google’s page for it
What Google posted
Newest first. Times are UTC, with the Pacific time Google shows.
· 27 Feb 2026, 02:02 PST
The rollout was complete as of February 27, 2026.
· 5 Feb 2026, 09:03 PST
Released the February 2026 Discover core update (developers.google.com) for English language users in the US (will look to expand it to all countries and languages in the future). This update is designed to improve the quality of Discover overall. Our guidance about general core updates (developers.google.com) and Discover (developers.google.com) applies. The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.
Next to other Discover updates
The first Discover update on Google’s status dashboard, which lists them from February 2026.
It took 21 days, 17 hours.
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