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September 2026

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## September 2026

What's new:

- **Launched Merchant Center service providers** : introduced the Merchant Center service provider integration framework and developer documentation, enabling third-party ecommerce platforms to manage Merchant Center capabilities centrally on behalf of merchants. For more information, see the [Service provider overview](https://developers.google.com/merchant/3p/overview).
- **UCP checkout service integration (pilot)** : added onboarding and integration guides for offering UCP checkout as a service provider, including [service provider account setup](https://developers.google.com/merchant/3p/quickstart), [UCP checkout service setup](https://developers.google.com/merchant/3p/guides/ucp/checkout/setup), and [sandbox testing](https://developers.google.com/merchant/3p/guides/ucp/checkout/sandbox-testing).

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