Google opens Connected Apps Platform preview for MCP tools inside Search and Gemini
Developers can submit tool integrations to Google Search and Gemini using MCP, but access is phased, users must connect apps, and Google reviews submissions.
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Google’s AI Contribution Pilot puts publisher payouts inside Search Console
The notable shift is not another AI visibility report. Google is testing a direct payment loop between content used to ground generative answers and the publishers that supplied it, with the payout surfaced inside Search Console.
Google Search Console now separates generative-AI and multimodal visibility from ordinary text search
Search Console now separates both generative-AI visibility and multimodal image-led searches, giving publishers a clearer first-party view of how content is discovered outside conventional typed queries.
Search Console now measures how social and video posts perform across Google surfaces
Search Console can now treat supported social and video accounts as properties, exposing Google impressions, clicks, queries and post-level performance for Instagram, TikTok, X and YouTube content.
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Google starts testing AI Mode ads for users who connect Gmail and Photos context
Google reversed its earlier ad-free approach to Personal Intelligence in AI Mode. Connected-app-derived insights may influence ads, with testing scope and advertiser controls still unclear.
Grafana Pages turns connected telemetry into interactive apps — but only in Cloud preview
Grafana Pages goes beyond dashboard panels: prompt-built interactive pages can use connected telemetry and invoke external tools via MCP. It is a public Grafana Cloud preview, not a self-managed release.
Firefox Enterprise 158 puts browser policy, data controls and AI governance on customer-run infrastructure
Firefox Enterprise 158 combines a Gecko-based browser with an on-premises management console, domain-level DLP and SIEM export. Initial sales focus on four European countries; ESR support and public pricing are not yet available.
Google is turning every Google tag into a full Tag Manager container
The August 20 tagging overhaul collapses Google’s lightweight tag and GTM into one platform, changing how marketers manage measurement code without requiring existing Google tags to behave differently on-page.
Google expands AI Mode ads to 10 markets, including New Zealand, and launches US follow-up ads
AI Mode ads are expanding internationally, including New Zealand, and appearing in US follow-up conversations — with aggregate reporting and no AI-only campaign switch.
Google tells platforms to keep link-only generated pages out of Search by default
Google now advises noindex or crawl blocking for user-created pages meant for direct sharing, plus Search Console and platform-level spam monitoring.
Google is writing positive-only review summaries inside Search ads — and advertisers cannot edit them
Google Ads now documents positive-only AI review summaries inside Search ads in the US, UK, Australia and India. Advertisers cannot customise the text; source, opt-out and reporting controls remain unclear.
Google Performance Max enables sourced videos by default — and may switch on existing campaigns
A new Performance Max sourced-videos setting can add up to ten crawled videos per asset group, uploaded to a Google-owned branded YouTube channel. It is on by default for new campaigns, but sources require approval.
Google will extract landing-page images for new Performance Max campaigns by default — even when accounts opt out
Google is changing the default for Performance Max image extraction on December 4, 2026. Existing campaigns keep their settings, but new campaigns will opt in regardless of an account-level opt-out; agencies and SaaS ad tools need a campaign-level override and careful handling of repeated asset settings.
Google loosens AdSense video placement rules for floating and sticky players
AdSense's October 22 policy revision changes where publishers can put accompanying video and how sticky players may start, without removing other video-ad safeguards or guaranteeing higher revenue.
Google's DV360 API v5 beta breaks inventory IDs and moves Customer Match writes to Data Manager
Google released DV360 API v5 in public beta on October 22. Integrators need to remap inventory deals and auction packages, update Demand Gen/YouTube audience logic, and move Customer Match writes to the Data Manager API.
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Google Application Integration run-as identities are now enforced for new workflows and tests
The August warning is now an operational requirement for new integrations and tests, not merely an upcoming migration. Older integrations remain on a later, unannounced enforcement timetable.
OpenAI frontier models reach Google Cloud — with Marketplace billing against cloud commitments
Google Cloud customers gain a new route to OpenAI models with unified governance and cloud-commitment billing, but broad availability and some privacy features are still forthcoming.
Google Ads will require financial-service credentials in the US and Canada from early 2027
Financial advertisers in the US and Canada face a new Google Ads verification gate in 2027. Google will announce accepted registries and onboarding details before enforcement; it is not a current blanket ad ban.
Google Merchant Center adds product warranty data as Quebec's new disclosure rules take effect
Retailers can now submit warranty duration as structured product-feed data, but the new Google field does not replace Quebec's mandatory near-price disclosures or the underlying free repair guarantee.
Google Analytics can now reject ghost traffic with hostname allowlists
Google Analytics hostname allowlists reduce some ghost-traffic cleanup, but server-side Measurement Protocol events bypass the filter. Teams must distinguish browser collection from Measurement Protocol and test empty-hostname events.