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Google Ads API v25 ships with YouTube breakdowns and loyalty goals

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IN BRIEF

Version 25 of the Google Ads API landed on 22 July. It adds YouTube ad sub-format breakdowns by duration, Shorts social metrics for comments, likes, and shares, a loyalty retention goal, and a revamped new customer acquisition goal.

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What changed

Two older lifecycle-goal resources were removed outright without a deprecation window.

THE COLLECTIVE PERSPECTIVE

Why it matters for advertisers

For you, this means richer YouTube reporting arrives alongside breaking changes, so schedule the client library upgrade and audit removed resources.

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Google Ads API v25 ships with YouTube breakdowns and loyalty goals

Version 25 of the Google Ads API landed on 22 July. It adds YouTube ad sub-format breakdowns by duration, Shorts social metrics for comments, likes, and shares, a loyalty retention goal, and a revamped new customer acquisition goal. Two older lifecycle-goal resources were removed outright without a deprecation window. For you, this means richer YouTube reporting arrives alongside breaking changes, so schedule the client library upgrade and audit removed resources.

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