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Announcing v20 of the Google Ads API

Today, we’re announcing the v20 release of the Google Ads API. To use some of the v20 features, you must upgrade your client libraries and client code. The updated client libraries and code examples will be published next week.

Here are the highlights:
  • You can now add campaign level negative keywords to your Performance Max campaigns.
  • Report segmentation by ad_network_type for Demand Gen campaigns is now more granular, and is split between YOUTUBE, MAPS, DISCOVER and GMAIL instead of aggregating all data under the GOOGLE_OWNED_NETWORKS segment.
  • Demand Gen campaigns now support the platform comparable conversions measurement in the API.
  • Gain deeper insights into YouTube Select Lineups, now accessible through a new dimension in the AudienceInsightsService. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
  • Target your reach forecasts more effectively with the ability to plan based on your own first-party user lists. Reach forecasting is available to allowlisted accounts only.
  • Analyze your audience data with greater precision using new device segmentation, additional video metrics, and the ability to refine searches by sub-country locations. See Planning in the release notes for more details. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
Where can I learn more?
The following resources can help you get started: If you have any questions or need additional help, contact us via the forum.

Announcing v20 of the Google Ads API

Today, we’re announcing the v20 release of the Google Ads API. To use some of the v20 features, you must upgrade your client libraries and client code. The updated client libraries and code examples will be published next week.

Here are the highlights:
  • You can now add campaign level negative keywords to your Performance Max campaigns.
  • Report segmentation by ad_network_type for Demand Gen campaigns is now more granular, and is split between YOUTUBE, MAPS, DISCOVER and GMAIL instead of aggregating all data under the GOOGLE_OWNED_NETWORKS segment.
  • Demand Gen campaigns now support the platform comparable conversions measurement in the API.
  • Gain deeper insights into YouTube Select Lineups, now accessible through a new dimension in the AudienceInsightsService. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
  • Target your reach forecasts more effectively with the ability to plan based on your own first-party user lists. Reach forecasting is available to allowlisted accounts only.
  • Analyze your audience data with greater precision using new device segmentation, additional video metrics, and the ability to refine searches by sub-country locations. See Planning in the release notes for more details. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
Where can I learn more?
The following resources can help you get started: If you have any questions or need additional help, contact us via the forum.

Announcing v20 of the Google Ads API

Today, we’re announcing the v20 release of the Google Ads API. To use some of the v20 features, you must upgrade your client libraries and client code. The updated client libraries and code examples will be published next week.

Here are the highlights:
  • You can now add campaign level negative keywords to your Performance Max campaigns.
  • Report segmentation by ad_network_type for Demand Gen campaigns is now more granular, and is split between YOUTUBE, MAPS, DISCOVER and GMAIL instead of aggregating all data under the GOOGLE_OWNED_NETWORKS segment.
  • Demand Gen campaigns now support the platform comparable conversions measurement in the API.
  • Gain deeper insights into YouTube Select Lineups, now accessible through a new dimension in the AudienceInsightsService. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
  • Target your reach forecasts more effectively with the ability to plan based on your own first-party user lists. Reach forecasting is available to allowlisted accounts only.
  • Analyze your audience data with greater precision using new device segmentation, additional video metrics, and the ability to refine searches by sub-country locations. See Planning in the release notes for more details. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
Where can I learn more?
The following resources can help you get started: If you have any questions or need additional help, contact us via the forum.

Announcing v20 of the Google Ads API

Today, we’re announcing the v20 release of the Google Ads API. To use some of the v20 features, you must upgrade your client libraries and client code. The updated client libraries and code examples will be published next week.

Here are the highlights:
  • You can now add campaign level negative keywords to your Performance Max campaigns.
  • Report segmentation by ad_network_type for Demand Gen campaigns is now more granular, and is split between YOUTUBE, MAPS, DISCOVER and GMAIL instead of aggregating all data under the GOOGLE_OWNED_NETWORKS segment.
  • Demand Gen campaigns now support the platform comparable conversions measurement in the API.
  • Gain deeper insights into YouTube Select Lineups, now accessible through a new dimension in the AudienceInsightsService. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
  • Target your reach forecasts more effectively with the ability to plan based on your own first-party user lists. Reach forecasting is available to allowlisted accounts only.
  • Analyze your audience data with greater precision using new device segmentation, additional video metrics, and the ability to refine searches by sub-country locations. See Planning in the release notes for more details. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
Where can I learn more?
The following resources can help you get started: If you have any questions or need additional help, contact us via the forum.

Announcing v20 of the Google Ads API

Today, we’re announcing the v20 release of the Google Ads API. To use some of the v20 features, you must upgrade your client libraries and client code. The updated client libraries and code examples will be published next week.

Here are the highlights:
  • You can now add campaign level negative keywords to your Performance Max campaigns.
  • Report segmentation by ad_network_type for Demand Gen campaigns is now more granular, and is split between YOUTUBE, MAPS, DISCOVER and GMAIL instead of aggregating all data under the GOOGLE_OWNED_NETWORKS segment.
  • Demand Gen campaigns now support the platform comparable conversions measurement in the API.
  • Gain deeper insights into YouTube Select Lineups, now accessible through a new dimension in the AudienceInsightsService. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
  • Target your reach forecasts more effectively with the ability to plan based on your own first-party user lists. Reach forecasting is available to allowlisted accounts only.
  • Analyze your audience data with greater precision using new device segmentation, additional video metrics, and the ability to refine searches by sub-country locations. See Planning in the release notes for more details. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
Where can I learn more?
The following resources can help you get started: If you have any questions or need additional help, contact us via the forum.

Announcing v20 of the Google Ads API

Today, we’re announcing the v20 release of the Google Ads API. To use some of the v20 features, you must upgrade your client libraries and client code. The updated client libraries and code examples will be published next week.

Here are the highlights:
  • You can now add campaign level negative keywords to your Performance Max campaigns.
  • Report segmentation by ad_network_type for Demand Gen campaigns is now more granular, and is split between YOUTUBE, MAPS, DISCOVER and GMAIL instead of aggregating all data under the GOOGLE_OWNED_NETWORKS segment.
  • Demand Gen campaigns now support the platform comparable conversions measurement in the API.
  • Gain deeper insights into YouTube Select Lineups, now accessible through a new dimension in the AudienceInsightsService. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
  • Target your reach forecasts more effectively with the ability to plan based on your own first-party user lists. Reach forecasting is available to allowlisted accounts only.
  • Analyze your audience data with greater precision using new device segmentation, additional video metrics, and the ability to refine searches by sub-country locations. See Planning in the release notes for more details. This feature is only available to accounts on an allowlist.
Where can I learn more?
The following resources can help you get started: If you have any questions or need additional help, contact us via the forum.

Update to the 2025 Google Ads API release schedule

We previously announced our 2025 Google Ads API release plans. We are introducing a few changes to this schedule as a part of our ongoing efforts to evolve our release process. The new schedule lets us make various product features available earlier in the Google Ads API. As usual, additional details on new features will follow as part of the release notes for individual versions.

  1. V20_1 will be upgraded to a major version and named V21.
  2. V21 will be renamed to V22.
  3. We will add two minor releases (v19_2, v20_1) alongside V21 to add these features in existing Google Ads API versions.
  4. The projected launch dates will remain unchanged.

Here’s our updated schedule.

Version Planned Release

Type

Projected launch Projected sunset
V20 Major June/July 2025 June 2026
V21 Major August/September 2025 August 2026
v19_2 Minor August/September 2025 February 2026
v20_1 Minor August/September 2025 June 2026
V22 Major October/November 2025 October 2026

Please take a look at your future plans to make sure they still align with the upcoming Google Ads API release schedule.

How to get help

If you have any questions or need help, check out the Google Ads API support page for options.

Announcing v19.1 of the Google Ads API

Today, we’re announcing the v19.1 release of the Google Ads API. To use any of the v19.1 features, you must upgrade your client libraries and client code. The updated client libraries and code examples will be published next week. This release includes no breaking changes and maintains backwards compatibility for those who have already upgraded to v19.

Here are the highlights:

Where can I learn more?

The following resources can help you get started:

If you have any questions or need additional help, contact us via the forum.

Launching Structured Data Files v8.1 and upcoming changes

Today we’re announcing the general availability of Structured Data Files v8.1. All users can now use SDF v8.1 to upload and download SDFs in the Display & Video 360 UI, and to download SDFs through the Display & Video 360 API.

SDF v8.1 adds support for controlling inventory source settings for Demand Gen ad groups, enforces OMID targeting set at the advertiser level, and renames TrueView Content Filter column to Inventory Mode in “Line Item” and “Insertion Order” files.

In addition to launching SDF v8.1, we are also announcing the following two breaking changes to Structured Data Files that will go into effect on April 22, 2025:

  • You will no longer be able to create YouTube video action line items using SDF. Instead, customers should create Demand Gen line items. Any attempted creation of line items using SDF upload with a Subtype column value of “Action” and a Type column value of “TrueView” will fail.
  • You will be required to include the value “Video Partners” in the TrueView Inventory Source Targeting column of line items with the Type column value of “Demand Gen”. Once this enforcement begins, the value will be backfilled for existing line items and included when downloading new Structured Data Files. To control whether ad groups within Demand Gen line items serve on Google Display Network inventory, you will be required to update to SDF v8.1 and set your desired values in the Demand Gen Inventory Source Strategy and Demand Gen Enabled Inventory Sources columns for ad groups. More details on this renaming and inventory expansion can be found in the Display & Video 360 Help Center.

Full details on the changes between v8 and v8.1 can be found in the Structured Data Files release notes. If you are still using v6, v7 or v7.1, you can follow the instructions in our v7 and v8 migration guides.

If you run into issues or need help with this new version, please follow the instructions in our support guide, or contact us using our contact form.

Promoting Display & Video 360 API v4 to general availability

We’re pleased to announce that we are promoting Display & Video 360 API v4 from beta to general availability. With v4 entering general availability, it is now our recommended version. Our guides have been updated to reflect v4 features and conventions.

We recommend migrating from v3 to v4 at your earliest convenience, as v3 will be deprecated and sunset in the coming months. See instructions on migrating to v4 in our migration guide and an exhaustive list of changes made in v4 in our February 13, 2025 release notes.

Before trying to call v4, make sure to update your client library to the latest version.

If you run into issues or need help using this new version, please contact us using our support contact form.