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Our event series, Search Central Live, is coming to Toronto, Canada on April 21, 2026 for the first time!
The event series has been a great way for communities to connect with each other and Googlers to learn
more about the web ecosystem and how Google Search works and exchange ideas.

It’s that time of the year again! Let’s talk about the Search Central Live (SCL) schedule for the
Asia Pacific (APAC) region. We have mapped out a series of events designed to connect you with our
Search teams and fellow community members. Here is everything you need to know about our plans for
the year, at least for the APAC region.

Veo lets advertisers turn up to three static images into 10-second videos ready to serve on YouTube — no video production required.

YouTube test swaps video titles for AI-generated summaries, forcing taps to see content and raising concerns over accuracy and brand voice.

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today…

AI citation data is easy to misread. Acting on it often creates noise, risk, and weak signals instead of real visibility.

ChatGPT is still showing ads to less than 20% of eligible users — meaning the $100 million win and self-serve access is just the beginning.

ChatGPT ads are now appearing for roughly one in five questions on the free tier in the US, with an expansion to more countries already planned.

SAP SE and Reltio Inc. announced that SAP has agreed to acquire Reltio, a leading master data management (MDM) software provider, to help customers make their SAP and non-SAP enterprise data AI-ready. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Once closed, the acquisition will strengthen SAP Business Data Cloud (SAP BDC)—integral for SAP’s AI-First and Suite-First strategy—and accelerate […]

Bandwidth has partnered to deliver infrastructure for Salesforce’s new CRM-native, AI-driven contact center platform Bandwidth Inc., a leading global cloud communications software company, announced it has partnered with the newly launched Agentforce Contact Center. The boundaries between CRM systems, contact centers and agentic AI are beginning to dissolve as enterprises consolidate around unified cloud architectures […]