Get the latest announcements on new features, bug fixes, and release updates.
October 2026
## October 2026
What's new:
- **YouTube Shopping affiliate reporting and developer policies (v1alpha)**:
- Added `subscriberCount` to [`YoutubeCreatorPerformanceView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#YoutubeCreatorPerformanceView) to report channel subscriber count alongside performance metrics.
- Added commission breakdowns, which are `platform_commissions` and `seller_commissions`, and sub-seller `account_id` segmentation to [`youtube_content_performance_view`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/reports/analyze-youtube-affiliate-performance#expandable-2).
- Added four YouTube affiliate campaign views to [`accounts.reports.search`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports/search):
- [`YoutubeCampaignsStatsView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#YoutubeCampaignsStatsView) for campaign stats.
- [`YoutubeIndividualCampaignStatsView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#YoutubeIndividualCampaignStatsView) for creator channel and format breakdowns.
- [`YoutubeCampaignVideosStatsView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#YoutubeCampaignVideosStatsView) for video-level metrics.
- [`YoutubeCampaignProductsStatsView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#YoutubeCampaignProductsStatsView) for product-level metrics.
- Added `productType` field to [`YoutubeProductTaggedStatsView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#YoutubeProductTaggedStatsView) and [`YoutubeProductSoldStatsView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#YoutubeProductSoldStatsView).
- Published the [YouTube Shopping affiliate program developer policies](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/policies/youtube-shopping-developer-policies).
- **Store homepage URI in the Accounts sub-API** : added the
read-only `homePageUri` field to the [accounts](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts)
resource to return the store's homepage URI.
- **Products sub-API attribute additions**:
- **Product certification links and United Kingdom energy efficiency enums** : added `certificationDocumentLink` and `certificationLabelLink` fields, along with the Department for Energy Security \& Net Zero (DESNZ) certification authority and `GB_ENERGY_INFORMATION` certification name enums, to [`ProductCertification`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/ProductAttributes#ProductCertification) within `ProductAttributes`. For more information, see [Certification](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/13528839).
- **Mileage allowance for vehicle installments** : added `mileageAllowance` to [`ProductInstallment`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/ProductAttributes#ProductInstallment) within `ProductAttributes` to specify mileage allowances for vehicle leasing contracts.
- **Offer-level video links** : added the `videoLinks` attribute to `ProductAttributes` to submit offer-level videos at scale.
- **New third-party (3P) service provider documentation**:
- Published new [third-party (3P) service provider documentation](https://developers.google.com/merchant/3p) that covers account setup, test accounts, and Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) checkout onboarding.
- **New Java code samples for managing region batching**:
- Added new Java code samples for [batch region operations](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/accounts/manage-region-batching), such as [`BatchCreateRegions`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/accounts/manage-region-batching#create_multiple_regions), [`BatchUpdateRegions`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/accounts/manage-region-batching#update_multiple_regions), and [`BatchDeleteRegions`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/accounts/manage-region-batching#delete_multiple_regions).
- **UCP agentic performance reporting (v1alpha)** : added two new reporting views
to [`accounts.reports.search`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports/search)
in the **Reports sub-API (v1alpha)** to retrieve UCP checkout and conversion
performance metrics across Google surfaces, including AI Mode in Search and
Gemini:
- [`UcpAgenticPerformanceView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#UcpAgenticPerformanceView): reports account-level conversion funnel, order, cancellation, and cart transfer metrics segmented by date and customer country.
- [`UcpAgenticProductPerformanceView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#UcpAgenticProductPerformanceView): reports product-level `offerId` buy button click metrics segmented by date and customer country.
- Published the [Analyze UCP agentic performance (Alpha)](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/reports/ucp-performance-reports) guide with sample Merchant Center Query Language (MCQL) queries.
What's changed:
- **Expanded warranty attribute support** : generalized the `warranty` attribute in `ProductAttributes` beyond vehicle listings to support all products, and allowed warranty durations to be specified in either months or years.
- **Offer-level account issue denormalization** : surfaced specific account suspension issues directly on affected offers rather than as a generic `ACCOUNT_DISAPPROVAL`, providing clearer offer, marketing method, and country-level impact diagnostics.
- **Deprecation of `YoutubeProductPerformanceView` (v1alpha)** : deprecated [`YoutubeProductPerformanceView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#YoutubeProductPerformanceView) in the Reports sub-API (v1alpha) in favor of [`YoutubeProductSoldStatsView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#YoutubeProductSoldStatsView) and [`YoutubeProductTaggedStatsView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports#YoutubeProductTaggedStatsView).
- **Notifications sub-API pagination defaults and new guides** : standardized [`accounts.notificationsubscriptions.list`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/notifications_v1/accounts.notificationsubscriptions/list) pagination with an optional `pageSize` defaulting to 100 (maximum 200), and published a new guide for setting up [push notifications for account service changes](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/notifications/account-service-changes).
- **Reference documentation and quotas and limits guide reorganization** : removed all discontinued v1beta REST and RPC reference pages from the developer site, and reorganized [quotas and limits](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/quotas-limits/overview) into dedicated guides for [API quotas](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/quotas-limits/quotas) and [account limits](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/quotas-limits/limits).
August 2026
## August 2026
What's new:
- The Content API for Shopping reached its sunset on **August 18, 2026** . All developers must migrate their existing integrations to the Merchant API as soon as possible. For more information, see [Deprecation and sunset](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/guides/deprecation-and-sunset).
- **Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) account integration** : added [`UcpCheckoutManagement`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1alpha/accounts.services#ucpcheckoutmanagement) as a service type in the Account Service resource, along with support for the `ucp-integration` program and `ucp_integration` terms of service with limited access.
- **Offer-level return policy overrides** : added the [`returns`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/ProductAttributes#FIELDS.returns) attribute within [`ProductAttributes`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/ProductAttributes) to configure and override return policies (for example; country, window days, return fees, condition) directly at the item level.
- **Real estate rental attributes** : added primary listing attributes, including [`leaseTerm`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/ProductAttributes#FIELDS.lease_term) to `ProductAttributes`, for submitting rental advertisement data.
- **Inventories sub-API enhancements** :
- Added [`localShippingLabel`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/inventories_v1/accounts.products.localInventories#LocalInventoryAttributes.FIELDS.local_shipping_label) to [`LocalInventoryAttributes`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/inventories_v1/accounts.products.localInventories#localinventoryattributes) to configure store-specific shipping rules.
- Added [`customAttributes`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/inventories_v1/accounts.products.localInventories#LocalInventoryAttributes.FIELDS.custom_attributes) to `LocalInventoryAttributes` to support custom metadata on local inventories.
- **Account service notifications** : added `ACCOUNT_SERVICE` as a supported [`NotificationEventType`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/notifications_v1/accounts.notificationsubscriptions#notificationeventtype) in the Notifications sub-API to track status changes on account services. For more information about notifications for account service changes, see [Get push notifications for account service changes](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/notifications/account-service-changes).
- **YouTube Shopping affiliate reporting views (`v1alpha`)** :
- [`youtube_product_sold_stats_view`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/reports/analyze-youtube-affiliate-performance#expandable-4) for query sales performance for affiliate products on YouTube.
- [`youtube_product_tagged_stats_view`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/reports/analyze-youtube-affiliate-performance#expandable-3) to track impressions, clicks, and orders for tagged products in videos.
- **Loyalty Customer Match endpoint** : upload and manage customer loyalty data to display tier benefits (for example; member pricing) in organic search results. For more information about customer loyalty data, see [Overview of the Loyalty Customer Match Service](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/loyalty-customer-match-service/overview).
- **Alpha client libraries public repository** : alpha libraries for Reviews sub-API across Python, Java, PHP, C#, Ruby, Node.js, and Go are now available in the [public GitHub repository](https://github.com/google/merchant-api-alpha-client).
What's changed:
- **`ListAccounts` access level filter** : introduced the `access` parameter supporting `DIRECT`, `INDIRECT`, and `ALL` to filter accounts based on caller permissions. This can be used to distinguish between advanced accounts and sub-accounts.
- **`DataSources` quota and rule validations** :
- Introduced automatic quota management for data sources on advanced accounts. For more details, see [Understanding Quotas and Limits](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/quotas-limits/overview#understanding_quotas_and_limits).
- Added rule validation requiring default rules in primary product data sources to contain exactly one reference to [`self`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/datasources_v1/accounts.dataSources#DataSourceReference.FIELDS.self) or a primary data source.
- Deprecated [`primaryDataSourceName`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/datasources_v1/accounts.dataSources#DataSourceReference.FIELDS.primary_data_source_name) in [`DataSourceReference`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/datasources_v1/accounts.dataSources#datasourcereference) in favor of [`self`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/datasources_v1/accounts.dataSources#DataSourceReference.FIELDS.self).
- **Latency improvements**: decreased API overhead for product insert, update, and delete calls.
What's coming:
- **Content API for Shopping deprecation and shutdown** : reminder to transition to the new Merchant API. To encourage migration before full decommissioning and ensure that developers observe deprecation notices in their application logs, Google is introducing a progressive service degradation process starting September 1, 2026. For more information, see the Content API for Shopping [Sunset timetable](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/guides/deprecation-and-sunset#sunset_timetable) section.
May 2026
## May 2026
What's new:
- A new [Merchant API MCP service](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/agentic-tools/merchant-data-mcp) (alpha version) with authorized access to your Merchant Center data and insights with a focus on read-only is now available as a new agentic tool for Merchant API.
- [New conversational attributes](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17085370)
are now available under [`ProductAttributes`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/ProductAttributes) in the Products sub-API.
These attributes include:
- [Question and answer \[question_and_answer\]](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17085211?sjid=15864521375353031320-NA)
- [Document link \[document_link\]](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17084656)
- [Related product \[related_product\]](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17085213)
- [Item group title \[item_group_title\]](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17085146)
- [Variant option \[variant_option\]](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17085214)
- [Popularity rank \[popularity_rank\]](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/17085297)
- A full set of [attributes specifically for vehicle ads](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/ProductAttributes#Vehicle_Attributes) has been added in the Products sub-API.
- Notifications on product status changes for
[Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP) checkout](https://developers.google.com/merchant/ucp)
are now available in the [Notifications sub-API](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/notifications/overview) through the reporting context value `FREE_LISTINGS_UCP_CHECKOUT`.
- Merchant API Agent Skills is the new agentic tool within the [Code Assist Toolkit](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/agentic-tools/integration-and-code-assist).
The new `https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/agentic-tools/integration-and-code-assist#agent-skills`
skill, built on the open Agent Skills standard, provides intelligent and
contextual assistance. It brings domain-specific expertise, automated
workflows, and enhanced efficiency within AI tools like Antigravity CLI and
IDEs to accelerate your integration.
- A new [YouTube sub-API v1alpha](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/youtube_v1alpha/accounts.contracts)
version is available for managing YouTube Affiliate Program contracts.
- Added support to manage YouTube Shopping Affiliate and product reviews
[programs](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.programs)
in the Accounts sub-API.
- A new data source is available for product promotions at the advanced account
level.
What's changed:
- The Merchant API v1beta version discontinued. All API calls must now be directed to the `v1` or `v1alpha` versions. For migration steps, see [Migrate from v1beta to v1](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/compatibility/migrate-v1beta-v1).
- More frequent attribute-level updates to `price` and `availability` are now available through the `patch` method in the Products sub-API. This feature enables higher data freshness by allowing you to update these specific attributes with lower latency. Currently, this is only available to allowlisted merchants. To learn more or request access, contact your Google representative.
What's coming:
- Analytics for agentic performance with UCP in the Reports API.
January 2026
## January 2026
What's new:
- A [new reporting context](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/Shared.Types/ReportingContextEnum)
value, `FREE_LISTINGS_UCP_CHECKOUT` to understand the product eligibility status
for [UCP (Universal Commerce Protocol) checkout](https://developers.google.com/merchant/ucp)
in the Reports sub-API.
- YouTube Shopping Affiliates performance reporting introduced in
[v1alpha within the Reports sub-API](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1alpha/accounts.reports).
- Added support for `ErrorInfo` messages to provide machine-readable metadata
for erroneous API calls. This is accompanied by a
[new guide on error handling](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/error-handling)
and a
[full list of error messages](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/error-messages).
What's changed:
- Added [`InventoryLoyaltyProgram`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/inventories_v1/InventoryLoyaltyProgram) to the local inventory service to allow users to have consolidated control over loyalty features, such as discounts, cashback for future purchases, and loyalty points.
What's coming:
- **Discontinuation of Merchant API v1beta on February 28, 2026**. Direct all API calls to v1 and v1alpha versions, respectively, before the v1beta sunset deadline.
- Ability to enable and disable the Product Reviews program through the [Reviews API v1alpha](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reviews_v1alpha/accounts.merchantReviews), which streamlines the process of submission and management of product reviews.
November 2025
## November 2025
What's new:
- New insights for [YouTube Shopping affiliate analytics](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/reports/analyze-youtube-affiliate-performance) (v1alpha), in Reports sub-API to retrieve analytics about creators, content, and products featured on YouTube. It provides parity to the existing reports available in Google Merchant Center (GMC).
- An [upgraded API diagnostics tool](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/usage-metrics-diagnostics?_gl=1*5x50sk*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTQ5NDI3MDQ1My4xNzY0NzYyNTA1*_ga_SM8HXJ53K2*czE3NjQ3NjI1MDQkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjQ3NjI1MDQkajYwJGwwJGgw) to support the migration to Merchant API(v1).
- Added a new field [`product_filters`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1alpha/accounts.services#ProductFilter), to the Accounts sub-API to let merchants to share only a subset of their feed with Google Ads accounts, based on some conditional filters on the attributes of the merchant's products. This feature is only accessible to a limited number of merchants.
- Added support for the [creation of standalone accounts](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/accounts/create-accounts) for sellers on ecommerce platforms.
- Added two new methods, [`accounts.limits.get`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/quota_v1/accounts.limits/get) and [`accounts.limits.list`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/quota_v1/accounts.limits/list) to query account limits in the Quota API.
What's changed:
- Support for automatic detection and internal decoding of base64url-encoded product IDs is now available across all methods that use product IDs.
What's coming:
- New insights for [YouTube Shopping affiliate analytics](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/reports/analyze-youtube-affiliate-performance)
(v1alpha), in Reports sub-API to retrieve analytics about creators,
content, and products featured on YouTube. It provides parity to the existing
reports available in Google Merchant Center (GMC).
- Discontinuation of v1beta version in Merchant API on February 28, 2026. All
API calls must be directed to v1 and v1alpha versions respectively, before the
v1beta sunset deadline. For more information, see
[Merchant API versioning and sunset policy](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/versioning?_gl=1*1x50eme*_up*MQ..*_ga*NTYyOTUyMzY5LjE3NjE2NDcwOTI.*_ga_BY5DKBB6FB*czE3NjE2NDcwOTIkbzEkZzAkdDE3NjE2NDcwOTIkajYwJGwwJGgw).
September 2025
## September 2025
What's new:
- The first [Model Context Protocol (MCP) service](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/devdocs-mcp) for Merchant API is available.
- The new MCP service integrates authoritative Google API documentation into your Integrated Development Environment (IDE) coding assistant to accelerate your Merchant API integration and improve the accuracy of your migration workflows.
- A new method, [`getAccountForGcpRegistration`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.developerRegistration/getAccountForGcpRegistration) in the Accounts sub-API to retrieve the merchant account that's registered with Google Cloud.
What's changed:
- [New methods for Regions management](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.regions) in the Accounts sub-API.
- The introduction of three new methods, `batchCreate`, `batchDelete`, and `batchUpdate` to enable call batching for `create`, `update`, and `delete` operations for Regions in the Accounts sub-API to facilitate region management and mitigate the limitations of `one-region-per-request` calls.
- A new [carrier-based shipping configuration](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/ProductAttributes#carriershipping) is available in the Products sub-API to specify shipping attributes on product level.
What's coming:
- New reports for YouTube Shopping affiliate program analytics, such as v1alpha in Reports sub-API to retrieve analytics about creators, content, and products featured on YouTube that provides parity with reports available in Google Merchant Center.
- Enabling more frequent product updates for availability and price attributes.
- Easier analysis of API errors with enriched [ErrorInfo and metadata](https://google.aip.dev/193#statusdetails).
July 2025
## July 2025
What's new:
- Merchant API (v1) - The official successor of the Content API for Shopping
is now generally available.
This means that going forward, there will only be v1alpha and v1 sub-APIs
within Merchant API, with most v1beta versions graduating to v1. Stay tuned
for more information.
- New resources are available.
- [Image resource](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/release-notes/rest/product-studio) in Product Studio API (alpha) leverages genAI to generate new product backgrounds, remove image background, and upscale image resolution.
- [Checkout on Merchant](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.programs.checkoutSettings) in Accounts sub-API provides the ability to create, update, delete, and get your checkout settings.
- [Online Return Policy](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.onlineReturnPolicies) in Accounts sub-API has been migrated, with user functionality remaining unchanged. Small technical improvements, such as outdated fields and renaming existing fields have been removed for consistency.
- `AccountIdAlias` in the [AccountRelationship](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.relationships) resource in Accounts sub-API uses a user-defined alias instead of your internal ID (account ID). This makes it easier to manage complex account structures, such as use of user-defined alias for your marketplace instead of your internal ID.
- Access to Merchant API is now available for [Apps Script](https://developers.google.com/apps-script/advanced/merchant-api)
users.
- A new [`AggregateProductStatuses`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/issueresolution_v1/accounts.aggregateProductStatuses)
method is now available in the Issue resolution API to query amalgamated
statistics about product statuses.
What's changed:
- Ability to create standalone accounts for storebuilders and CSSs. Previously merchant accounts were created under a single advanced account.
- Click potential rankings in the [`productView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1/accounts.reports#productview)
table under the [Reports sub-API](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1/accounts.reports#productview). Now, ranking of products based on `clickPotential` is
normalized to values between 1 and 1000. Products with low `clickPotentialRank`
still have the highest `click potential` among the merchant's products that
fulfill the search query conditions.
> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** This is not a breaking change.
What's coming:
- Access through Model Context Protocol (MCP) server (v1alpha).
May 2025
## May 2025
What's new:
- We launched two new sub-APIs.
- [Order tracking](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/release-notes/rest/ordertracking) supports business order tracking history to provide precise and accurate shipping estimates to customers. Its signals also enable enhanced listings with [free and fast shipping](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/9780562).
- [Issue resolution](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/release-notes/rest/issueresolution) provides access to diagnostic content and support actions in the same way as it's available in the Merchant Center UI.
- New resources are available in the [Accounts sub-API](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/release-notes/rest/accounts).
- [`OmnichannelSettings`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.omnichannelSettings) manages the account configuration for omnichannel serving, such as Free Local Listings (FLL) and Local Inventory Ads (LIA).
- [`LfpProviders`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.omnichannelSettings.lfpProviders) connects to Local Feeds Partnership (LFP) partners for inventory data.
- [`GbpAccounts`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.gbpAccounts) connects to Google Business Profile account for local store data.
- [`OnlineReturnPolicy`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.onlineReturnPolicies) provides the ability to create, delete and update your online policies.
- A new method is available in the [Products sub-API](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/accounts.productInputs/patch).
- `ProductsUpdate` lets you update individual products without the need to provide all the fields required for `ProductInput`.
What's changed:
- The maximum [`pageSize`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/guides/reports/paging) increased from 250 to 1000 rows per API call.
- A delay that existed for product insertion, promotions, product reviews, and merchant reviews after [`DataSources`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/release-notes/rest/datasources) creation is fixed.
What's coming:
- Deprecation and future removal of the channel field for [`DataSources`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/release-notes/rest/datasources) and products.
- Launch of an updated definition for `clickPotentialRank` in the [`productView`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1/accounts.reports#productview) table under the [Reports sub-API](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/reports_v1/accounts.reports#productview):
- Ranking of products based on `clickPotential` is normalized to values between 1 and 1000.
- Products with low `clickPotentialRank` still have the highest click potential among the merchant's products that fulfill the search query conditions. This is a non-breaking change that might be launched on July 1, 2025.
- The `AccountIdAlias` in the [`AccountRelationship`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.relationships) resource, makes it possible to better manage complex account structures. For example, marketplaces use a user-defined alias instead of the merchant's internal ID, such as account ID.
## April 2025
April 2025
What's new:
- We launched a new sub-API.
- [Product Studio (ALPHA)](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/release-notes/rest/product-studio) leverages genAI to generate and optimize product titles and descriptions.
- New resources are available in the Accounts sub-API.
- [`AutomaticImprovements`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.automaticImprovements) manages the opt-in to three automatic update features provided by the Google Merchant Center platform:
- [Automatic item updates](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/12157888?visit_id=638814365177534603-3273330231&rd=1)
- [Automatic image improvements](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/12724659?visit_id=638814365177534603-3273330231&rd=1)
- [Automatic shipping improvements](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/10027038)
- [`AccountService`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.services) and [`AccountRelationship`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/accounts_v1/accounts.relationships) resources manage relationships and establish services to service providers.
- We launched three fields for [`AutomatedDiscounts`](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/accounts.products#AutomatedDiscounts) in the [Products sub-API](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/accounts.products?sjid=1758643364882920043-NA) to retrieve real-time prices for products opted into [Google Automated Discounts (GAD)](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/15010391?hl=en-IE&sjid=16937598938794048439-EU#).
What's changed:
- We now support destinations, known as marketing methods in Merchant Center for the [Data Sources sub-API](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/release-notes/rest/datasources).
- We made multiple adjustments to the resource and recommend to review the [Accounts release notes](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/release-notes/rest/accounts) for more details.
- The fields `taxes` and `tax_category` in the [Products sub-API](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/reference/rest/products_v1/accounts.products?sjid=1758643364882920043-NA) are deprecated in line with the deprecation of `accounttax` in the Content API.
What's coming:
- We've taken your feedback into consideration and are working on several areas to improve API developer documentation.
- Stay tuned and check back in more frequently, and feel free to [give us more feedback](https://developers.google.com/merchant/api/support/give-feedback).