Google expands Universal Commerce Protocol and launches new agentic shopping tools
Google is expanding its UCP with AI-powered checkout, shopping and payments features designed to support the next phase of conversational commerce.
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Google publishes Universal Commerce Protocol help page
Google released new guidance explaining how its Universal Commerce Protocol powers AI-driven checkout across its platforms.
Google launches Universal Commerce Protocol for agent-led shopping
Google’s new open commerce standard aims to reduce cart abandonment and enable agent-led buying across Search, Gemini, and retailer systems.
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Google releases AI shopping updates for the holidays
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Google Search adds AI try-on, previews agentic checkout
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Google promotes Prabhakar Raghavan to lead Search, replacing Ben Gomes
Jerry Dischler becomes the new head of Google Ads, Gomes takes over Google Education, while Google veteran Jen Fitzpatrick takes on engineering.
Google brings ‘end-to-end’ food ordering to Search, Maps, Google Assistant
This is part of a larger effort to own consumer transactions and help users "get things done" on Google.
Google takes baby steps to monetize Google Assistant, Google Home
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Google adds vacation rentals to Hotel Search
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SearchCap: SMX East agenda, Google Marketing Live recaps, Bing Ads & more
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SearchCap: PPC training and search pictures
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‘Purchases on Google’ Shopping ads test is running on iOS devices
The quick-payment mobile Shopping ads have previously been limited to Android.
Google extends olive branch to publishers, lays out new focus on subscriptions
The corporate-level commitment to subscription programs comes as executives acknowledge the challenges publishers have been facing.
Purchases on Google quietly opens beta for requests in US
US merchants can now request access to Google's "buy button" program.
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SearchCap: Google Structured Data Ranking, Baidu Mobile Assistant & Google My Business App
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US Paid Search Growing But At Slower Rate, Google Brand CPCs Surge [Report]
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Google Announces “Purchases On Google” For Buying Straight From PLAs And Other Mobile Shopping Updates
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Search In Pics: Google Android Labyrinth, Yahoo Buggy & Google Pay Phone
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Gpay: Google To Enable Payments On Mobile Devices Via SMS?
Friday, a Google patent application filing named Text message payment was posted at the US Patent & Trademark Office site. The patent described how “GPay” can be used to make payment via text messages. An example of how Gpay can be used includes mostly offline scenarios such as paying for items in vending machines or […]