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Google sprinkles more AI into Merchant Center, plus new controls for PMax

Google adds AI tools to Merchant Center, introduces household income targeting for Performance Max, and updates Ads Editor with AI Max for Shopping campaigns.

July 27, 2026 1 min read

Google’s back in the kitchen, and the seasoning of choice is, once again, AI.

A fresh dash of it: Merchant Center just gained more AI features, including summary insights, a search box with suggested queries, and a section for your previous chats.

This means less clicking around to figure out what your feed is doing. Handy for anyone drowning in diagnostics.

Some manual control, for once: A new setting in Performance Max lets you exclude specific household income brackets right at the campaign level.

For industries like luxury, finance, or auto, income can be a real purchase signal and value brands can drop high earners instead.

It’s only been spotted in a European campaign so far, so sit tight.

Editor levels up: Google Ads Editor 2.13 brings AI Max to Shopping campaigns, finally closing the gap with Search and PMax.

Bulk managers can now configure AI-powered Shopping features offline, no web-interface detours required. It’s the standout for PPC folks who practically live in Editor.

Notice a pattern? Google’s quietly threading AI through every last corner of its ad stack.

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