Google has begun rolling out “Preferred Sources,” a tool that lets people decide which news outlets appear most prominently in the Top Stories carousel of Google Search. The feature, available now for English-language users in the United States and India, is reaching the wider public after a two-month pilot in Search Labs. Users tap a star icon beside the Top Stories label, search for their favorite sites and add as many as they wish. When those outlets publish material relevant to a query, their stories are highlighted in Top Stories and in a new “From your sources” section. Google said preferences set during the trial will transfer automatically, noting that more than half of early testers selected at least four outlets. The change gives readers tighter control over their news diet but could alter traffic patterns for publishers, which are already urging audiences to mark them as preferred. Google stressed that articles from other outlets will continue to appear and positioned the update as part of its ongoing work to refine Search rather than an expansion of its generative-AI tools.