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Google Merchant Centre "Use AI to add products" launches in beta
Google Merchant Centre has rolled out a new product source option: Use AI to add products (currently in beta): that lets Google's AI automatically scan an advertiser's website and populate the product catalogue without manual feed files or API integration. Arpan Banerjee has flagged the launch (sourced from Barry Schwartz); the option appears in Merchant Centre's Add Product Source flow alongside the existing "Add products from a file" and "Use Google Sheets" routes.
What changed
The AI scan is positioned as a one-time setup: described in-product as "the easiest way to get started and helps reduce errors from manual entry."
The structural significance is that the manual product-feed setup that has defined Merchant Centre onboarding since 2010 now has an AI-driven alternative for advertisers without the technical resources to maintain feed infrastructure. Worth noting the in-product copy explicitly labels the AI option as a one-time scan rather than an automatically updating feed: so for ongoing catalogue maintenance, file-based or API-based feeds remain the more durable path for any retailer with frequently changing inventory.
Why it matters for advertisers
For you, this means small merchants and new advertisers can now reach Google Shopping inventory without the technical overhead of feed configuration. For established retailers with mature feed infrastructure, the AI option is unlikely to be material, but worth knowing it exists when scoping onboarding for new clients or smaller catalogues where feed engineering has been the gating constraint.
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Google Merchant Centre "Use AI to add products" launches in beta
Google Merchant Centre has rolled out a new product source option: Use AI to add products (currently in beta): that lets Google's AI automatically scan an advertiser's website and populate the product catalogue without manual feed files or API integration. Arpan Banerjee has flagged the launch (sourced from Barry Schwartz); the option appears in Merchant Centre's Add Product Source flow alongside the existing "Add products from a file" and "Use Google Sheets" routes. The AI scan is positioned as a one-time setup: described in-product as "the easiest way to get started and helps reduce errors from manual entry."
The structural significance is that the manual product-feed setup that has defined Merchant Centre onboarding since 2010 now has an AI-driven alternative for advertisers without the technical resources to maintain feed infrastructure. Worth noting the in-product copy explicitly labels the AI option as a one-time scan rather than an automatically updating feed: so for ongoing catalogue maintenance, file-based or API-based feeds remain the more durable path for any retailer with frequently changing inventory.
For you, this means small merchants and new advertisers can now reach Google Shopping inventory without the technical overhead of feed configuration. For established retailers with mature feed infrastructure, the AI option is unlikely to be material, but worth knowing it exists when scoping onboarding for new clients or smaller catalogues where feed engineering has been the gating constraint.
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