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Direct Offers expands to bundling, native checkout, and travel
Direct Offers: the format that surfaces exclusive promotions directly within AI Mode and Search at the moment of purchasing intent: has expanded materially. New for 2026: Direct Offers move from the AI Mode product viewer to the AI Mode answer itself, allowing retailers to feature discounts alongside other products during exploration.
What changed
Brands can now bundle multiple promotion types (discounts, giveaways, local coupons), with Gemini constructing customised deals, such as targeted product bundles for specific searches.
Native checkout integration for UCP-enabled merchants lets shoppers complete promotional purchases without leaving the AI conversation. Travel partners will soon surface exclusive hotel booking rates within AI-assisted trip planning. And AI Max and PMax advertisers can now create Direct Offers natively in the Google Ads UI with value limits to prevent overspending: replacing the previous Merchant Centre / Hotel Centre-only workflow.
Why it matters for advertisers
For you, this means promotional-led ecommerce advertisers should evaluate Direct Offers as a structured part of the 2026 plan, particularly for high-intent shopping moments where the discount differential is the conversion lever. Worth scoping with your Google account team, which products and promotion types qualify, then running a pilot bundle for a defined campaign window before scaling. Availability: Pilot, US, English.
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Direct Offers expands to bundling, native checkout, and travel
Direct Offers: the format that surfaces exclusive promotions directly within AI Mode and Search at the moment of purchasing intent: has expanded materially. New for 2026: Direct Offers move from the AI Mode product viewer to the AI Mode answer itself, allowing retailers to feature discounts alongside other products during exploration. Brands can now bundle multiple promotion types (discounts, giveaways, local coupons), with Gemini constructing customised deals, such as targeted product bundles for specific searches.
Native checkout integration for UCP-enabled merchants lets shoppers complete promotional purchases without leaving the AI conversation. Travel partners will soon surface exclusive hotel booking rates within AI-assisted trip planning. And AI Max and PMax advertisers can now create Direct Offers natively in the Google Ads UI with value limits to prevent overspending: replacing the previous Merchant Centre / Hotel Centre-only workflow.
For you, this means promotional-led ecommerce advertisers should evaluate Direct Offers as a structured part of the 2026 plan, particularly for high-intent shopping moments where the discount differential is the conversion lever. Worth scoping with your Google account team, which products and promotion types qualify, then running a pilot bundle for a defined campaign window before scaling.
Availability: Pilot, US, English.
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