Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Today, we're announcing the v23.1 release of the [Google Ads API](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api). To use the new v23.1 features, you must upgrade your [client libraries](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/client-libs.md.txt) and client code. All the updated client libraries and code examples have been published.
We are also releasing minor versions v20.2, v21.1 and v22.1 of the Google Ads API to add additional support for the EU Political Ads Regulation.
Here are some of the key features in this release:
- Added additional fields to [support](https://developers.google.com/ads/blog/posts/2025/08/eu-par-google-ads-api-scripts.md.txt) the EU Political Ads Regulation in the [Google Ads API](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/start). The `Campaign.missing_eu_political_advertising_declaration` field supports querying and filtering campaigns that are missing declarations about whether they contain political advertising targeted towards the EU. The `Customer.contains_eu_political_advertising` field retrieves the account level declaration status of whether they contain political advertising targeted towards the EU.
- Added the `YouTubeVideoUploadService` to support uploading and managing videos on YouTube, and the `YouTubeVideoUpload` resource to support fetching upload status and metadata.
- Added support for [text guidelines](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc/v23/Campaign.md.txt#text_guidelines) to the `Campaign` resource, which can be used with Performance Max and Search campaigns to programmatically control AI-generated text assets.
- Added new metrics that report how many users saw your ad at least two, three, four, five or ten times: [`unique_users_two_plus`](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v23/metrics.md.txt#metrics.unique_users_two_plus), [`unique_users_three_plus`](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v23/metrics.md.txt#metrics.unique_users_three_plus), [`unique_users_four_plus`](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v23/metrics.md.txt#metrics.unique_users_four_plus), [`unique_users_five_plus`](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v23/metrics.md.txt#metrics.unique_users_five_plus), and [`unique_users_ten_plus`](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/fields/v23/metrics.md.txt#metrics.unique_users_ten_plus).
- Added `ConversionActionCategory.YOUTUBE_FOLLOW_ON_VIEWS` to support tracking users who watch an ad and later watch a video from the same channel.
**Where can I learn more?**
The following resources can help you get started:
- [Release Notes](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/release-notes.md.txt)
- [Upgrade from a previous version](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/upgrade.md.txt)
- [Guides](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs)
- [Reference](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/reference/rpc)
- [Diff between v23 and v23.1](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/upgrade.md.txt#v23-v23_1)
- [Diff between v23 and v22](https://developers.google.com/google-ads/api/docs/diff)
Come join us for a live walkthrough of this release in our ["Google Ads API Release Highlights" event on Discord](https://discord.gg/X5Cgy7um?event=1474358331505246321) or on our [Ads Developers YouTube Live](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKVBhjrKwAc) tomorrow (February 26th at 10a ET). This will also be recorded and posted on YouTube for those who can't make the live events. If you have any questions or want to discuss this post, reach out to us in the #ads-api channel on Discord.
For technical support issues, reach out to
[](https://g.dev/anash) - [Anash P. Oommen](https://g.dev/anash), on behalf of the Google Ads API Team
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