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Amazon Ads
Amazon’s DVA+ combines display, video, audio and streaming TV, with US open beta expected in late October and wider availability targeted for Q1 2027.
Amazon Ads
Amazon’s US open beta combines sponsored ads, display, video and streaming TV in one campaign with products, budget and optional ROAS threshold as inputs.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics now includes app conversions in cross-channel reporting for eligible Google Ads customers, while cross-channel budgeting remains web-only.
Industry
Reuters reports that Google asked the EU General Court to annul and suspend DMA decisions on search-data sharing and rival AI-assistant access in Android.
Amazon Ads
Amazon’s MCP Server Lite offers core tools that discover and invoke further advertising capabilities, while implementers retain responsibility for access controls.
Meta Ads
Meta’s Muse for Small Business connects business services and can draft campaigns, while Meta says publishing and spending still require approval.
OpenAI
OpenAI introduced Dots, always-on agents with cloud computers and connected apps, plus ChatGPT Space for shared work, with access varying by plan and market.
Amazon Ads
Amazon’s Review Requests format will invite verified buyers to leave ratings or reviews, but its pages give conflicting late-October and November US timings.
Google Ads
A reported Google Shopping test replaces the top carousel with a grid headed “Sponsored products”, bringing paid and free-looking presentations closer together.
Amazon Ads
Amazon says Sponsored Services places local home and auto service ads on shopping and post-purchase pages, initially for eligible US Yelp advertisers.
Industry
Graphite and Similarweb analysed more than 95,000 ads and 8,000 landing pages, reporting early ChatGPT Ads findings alongside important methodology limits.
Anthropic
Anthropic says Claude Sonnet 5.5 complements Opus 5.5, claiming more than 30% faster operation and up to 30% lower cost for most work than Sonnet 5.
Display & Video 360
Google says Vertical Video Unification will let DV360 advertisers buy and measure vertical video across channels in one place with centralised frequency management.
Google Ads
Google will require local authorisation and its own certification for complex speculative financial-product advertisers targeting Chile or Denmark in October 2026.
Google Ads
An account observation shows a Performance Max Image ads control accepting up to 15 finished display-banner creatives, distinct from standard image assets.
LinkedIn Ads
Social Media Today reports a LinkedIn Creator Discovery beta with content, role and audience filters, while broader availability is only expected in early 2027.
Amazon Ads
Amazon Ads says its natural-language analytics closed beta uses unified reporting and includes new-to-brand and long-term sales, with two access routes.
Google Merchant Center
Reported rewrites to seven Merchant Center policy pages emphasise account-level consequences, removing violations before bulk appeals and a standard fix path.
Amazon Ads
Amazon’s updated help page says US Sponsored Products campaigns can select up to 10 Amazon or AMC audiences for bid boosts; elsewhere the limit remains one.
Meta Ads
Meta confirms per-message charges from 1 October, while delivery remains free inside eligible click-to-WhatsApp free-entry-point windows.
Google Ads
Brodie Clark documents a mobile text-ad layout with darker sitelinks, a left-hand rule and arrows beside each link. His examples show a presentation test, not a new asset setting advertisers can switch on.
Amazon Ads
Amazon’s 25 September announcement opens local DSP campaign creation in five additional markets. Self-service advertisers and agencies can buy display, video and audio across Amazon properties and the open internet.
ChatGPT Ads
Anthony Higman’s Ads Manager screenshot shows a “Limited by budget” status and a “Campaign budget reached” message, with a prompt to increase the campaign budget to continue serving. This is an account observation in the beta interface.
Industry
Microsoft’s 25 September announcement introduces Home and Code with gradual Frontier access, while Autopilot is scheduled for a private preview at the end of the month. For marketing teams, assess a defined research, reporting or production workflow before assuming the whole experience is available.
Google Ads
Reporting attributed to Anthony Higman highlights calls using a Business Profile number in local ad experiences. Compare the displayed number, the destination number, and the reporting path in your own setup.
Meta Ads
Gupta Media’s agency-summit coverage reports email-domain correction and appointment booking from the thank-you page of an instant form, including Calendly, HubSpot Meetings and HighLevel. These are reported capabilities whose availability needs to be checked in your account.
Anthropic
Claude’s 24 September announcement brings personal connectors into channel workflows, initially through a Team beta, with Enterprise to follow. Review what a request can access and what the resulting channel message reveals to other members.
Google Ads
Google’s September Demand Gen update adds Business Agent for YouTube Ads: conversational product and brand assistance alongside video ads with product feeds, with a sign-up route. It also introduces one-click image experiences in Shorts and Gmail, plus Maps Promoted pins that use affiliate location assets.
Google Ads
Google’s announcement describes marketplace-linked campaigns, with examples focused on South-East Asia. Review the participating marketplace, seller and account eligibility before assuming the same route is available elsewhere.
Industry
Reporting credits Lluc Penycate with a hotel-search side-panel observation. It is an organic search-interface test; no Hotel Ads buying change or universal rollout has been established.
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