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Direct answer: According to groas, June 18, 2026 brought no new Google Ads product announcements, UI rollouts, or policy updates. The article states the priority is the automatic August 17 tCPA and tROAS bidding target optimization migration, leaving roughly 60 days to document targets, clean conversion action sets, and re-audit in the week of August 10. It also flags the ongoing Consent Mode V2 rollout affecting modeled conversions and Performance Max creative fatigue on asset groups running unchanged for 60 or more days.
According to groas, June 18, 2026 brought no new product announcements, UI rollouts, or policy updates. The article notes the prior days delivered the June 17 confirmation that tCPA and tROAS bidding target optimization will be restructured effective August 17 and last week's Consent Mode overhaul that strips GA4 Signals override, effective later this summer. The article recommends using the quiet window to execute on implementation.
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The article states the August 17 change consolidates how bidding targets interact with campaign-level signals and the migration is automatic with no opt in or out. The article recommends documenting current tCPA and tROAS targets across every campaign, reviewing conversion action sets to clean mixed primary and secondary actions, and flagging campaigns with frequent manual target overrides. It also recommends setting calendar reminders for the week of August 10 to re-audit before the change goes live, leaving roughly 60 days to prepare.
Read more: August 17 Bidding Migration: What To Do With The 60-Day Window
According to groas, GA4 Signals can no longer override consent signals for conversion modeling. The article states advertisers in regions with strict consent requirements, particularly the EU and UK, may see modeled conversion numbers shift and low consent collection rates can erode the data Smart Bidding relies on. It reports advertisers running Enhanced Conversions alongside Consent Mode V2 retain first-party signal reinforcement, while those relying purely on modeled data should expect turbulence in reporting accuracy.
Read more: Consent Mode V2 Overhaul Still Rolling Out
The article reports multiple advertisers are seeing declining CTRs on Performance Max asset groups running unchanged for 60 or more days, even with strong conversion rates. It states Google has not flagged when assets cross a fatigue threshold and does not cite an official Google statement on PMax creative rotation logic. The article recommends building a creative refresh cadence of 30 to 45 days into the workflow rather than waiting for performance to visibly degrade.
Read more: Advertiser Chatter: Performance Max Creative Fatigue
According to groas, Google still has not expanded placement-level reporting for the Search Partners network, though advertisers can opt out at the campaign level. The article recommends segmenting performance by network and comparing conversion rates and cost per acquisition between Google Search and Search Partners. For verticals where lead quality is the primary KPI, such as legal, healthcare, and real estate, it recommends defaulting to Search Partners off and testing back in.
Read more: Search Partners Network Transparency Remains Unresolved
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