Google Ads News

February 2026

138 updates from February 2026, newest first.

Sunday

22 February 2026

New Scenario Planner interface for Meridian

Google has introduced a new Scenario Planner interface for Meridian, making its open-source Marketing Mix Modeling (MMM) solution significantly more accessible for marketers. The update removes the need for technicalโ€ฆ

Friday

20 February 2026
Conversions

Agentic AI for e-commerce and gaming

Google partners with Shopee owner Sea to develop agentic AI for e-commerce and gaming what it means for advertisers. Google and Southeast Asian tech company Sea Ltd announced a newโ€ฆ

Projection (Beta)

Ivan Cicconi discovered that Google has just rolled out the Projection Plans (Beta) within the Cross-channel budgeting section!

Microsoft Clarity introduces AI Citations (Beta)

Microsoft Clarity has launched AI Citations, a new beta feature designed to help websites understand their visibility within AI search and answer engines. The feature provides end-to-end insight into howโ€ฆ

PMax

PMAX Landing Page Images

Thomas Eccel discovered that G๐จ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ž ๐€๐๐ฌ ๐š๐๐๐ž๐ ๐ž๐ฑ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ "๐‹๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ž ๐๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ" ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐›๐ž ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐Œ๐š๐ฑ ๐œ๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ฌ!

TikToks new AI-powered formats

TikTok has launched new AI-powered ad formats in Europe aimed at entertainment marketers, helping streaming platforms and event promoters reach audiences with more personalized content. Whatโ€™s new: Streaming Ads: AI-drivenโ€ฆ

Manus AI in Ads Manager

Meta has started rolling outย Manus AI tools inside Ads Manager, bringing generative AI and workflow automation directly into the campaign environment. Instead of jumping between platforms, advertisers can now leverageโ€ฆ

ChatGPT Ads

Perplexity just ditched ads

Perplexity just ditched ads, and that decision says a lot about where AI search is heading. Perplexity AIย has officially stopped running ads on its platform. The reason? User trust. Accordingโ€ฆ

Conversions

Meta ROAS is often inflated

Hereโ€™s why most Meta accounts arenโ€™t actually optimizing for profit โ†“. โ€œPerformanceโ€ in Meta usually means revenue. But revenue โ‰  profit. That disconnect is where growth stalls. This is theโ€ฆ

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