This page is updated with each product release. The changelog lists releases by date and includes any new features, bug fixes, and significant performance improvements. You can also browse and filter all release notes for all products in the [Google API Console](https://console.cloud.google.com/release-notes). To subscribe to these release notes, add the [feed URL](https://developers.google.com/static/feeds/address-validation-api-release-notes.xml) of this page to your [RSS feed reader](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_feed_aggregators). [](https://developers.google.com/static/feeds/address-validation-api-release-notes.xml) See the [Getting Started](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/release-notes/cloud-setup) documentation for information on how to get started using the Address Validation API. ## June 18, 2025 Feature The Address Validation API now supports the following features: - possibleNextAction field in the verdict to help you determine what action to take after receiving the API response. - hasSpellCorrectedComponents field in the verdict. See [Build your validation logic](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/build-validation-logic.md.txt) and the [API reference docs](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/reference/rest/v1/TopLevel/validateAddress.md.txt#possibleNextAction) for more details. ## March 20, 2025 Change The following regions are now supported by the Address Validation API: - Japan (JP) This is currently a preview feature. This region also supports both residential and commercial address metadata in the Address Validation API response. For the complete list of supported regions, and which regions support residential and commercial metadata, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## July 25, 2024 Change The following regions are now supported by the Address Validation API: - India (IN) This is currently a preview feature. This region also supports both residential and commercial address metadata in the Address Validation API response. For the complete list of supported regions, and which regions support residential and commercial metadata, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## May 16, 2024 Change The following regions now support both residential and commercial address metadata in the Address Validation API response: - Argentina (AR) - Brazil (BR) For the complete list of regions that support residential and commercial address metadata, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## April 10, 2024 Change The following regions are now supported by the Address Validation API: - Bulgaria (BG) This region also supports both residential and commercial address metadata in the Address Validation API response. For the complete list of supported regions, and which regions support residential and commercial metadata, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## February 21, 2024 Feature The Address Validation API now supports session pricing with the Autocomplete (New) API. See [Address Validation API Usage and Billing](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/usage-and-billing.md.txt#address-validation-preferred) for more details. ## January 08, 2024 Change The following regions now support both residential and commercial address metadata in the Address Validation API response: - Croatia (HR) - Estonia (EE) - Portugal (PT) For the complete list of regions that support residential and commercial address metadata, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## December 12, 2023 Change The following regions are now supported by the Address Validation API: - Croatia (HR) For the complete list of supported regions, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## December 05, 2023 Change The following regions are now supported by the Address Validation API: - Portugal (PT) For the complete list of supported regions, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## October 11, 2023 Change The following regions now support both residential and commercial address metadata in the Address Validation API response: - Austria (AT) - Belgium (BE) - Czechia (CZ) - Denmark (DK) - Hungary (HU) - Latvia (LV) - Lithuania (LT) - Luxembourg (LU) - Norway (NO) - Puerto Rico (PR) - Slovakia (SK) - Slovenia (SI) - Sweden (SE) - Switzerland (CH) For the complete list of regions that support residential and commercial address metadata, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## October 10, 2023 Announcement Announcing updated documentation for the Address Validation API to help developers with the following: Change Improved Getting started guides: [Send an Address Validation request](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/requests-validate-address.md.txt) and [Understand a basic response](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/understand-response.md.txt). Change Created new guides for integrating the API response into your validation logic: [Build your validation logic](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/build-validation-logic.md.txt) with related, detailed examples. Change Refreshed guide on using USPS data in the API response (for US addresses): [Handle United States addresses](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/handle-us-address.md.txt). ## August 17, 2023 Change The following regions are now supported by the Address Validation API: - Argentina (AR) For the complete list of supported regions, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## June 22, 2023 Feature The Address Validation API now supports returning the address in English in the API response. This is currently a preview feature. For more details, see [Convert addresses into English](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/convert-addresses-english.md.txt). ## June 08, 2023 Change The following regions now support both residential and commercial address metadata in the Address Validation API response: - Chile (CL) - Germany (DE) - Finland (FI) - France (FR) - United Kingdom (GB) - Ireland (IE) - Malaysia (MY) - Netherlands (NL) - Poland (PL) For the complete list of regions that support residential and commercial address metadata, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## May 25, 2023 Change The following regions are now supported by the Address Validation API: - Estonia (EE) For the complete list of supported regions, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## April 05, 2023 Change The following regions are now supported by the Address Validation API: - Luxembourg (LU) - Latvia (LV) For the complete list of supported regions, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## March 22, 2023 Change The following regions are now supported by the Address Validation API: - Lithuania (LT) For the complete list of supported regions, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## March 14, 2023 Change The following regions are now supported by the Address Validation API: - Czechia (CZ) - Slovakia (SK) - Norway (NO) For the complete list of supported regions, see [Address Validation API coverage details](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/coverage.md.txt). ## November 09, 2022 Announcement **Address Validation API** Announcing the General Availability (GA) release of the Address Validation API. See the [Release Notes](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/release-notes.md.txt) for information about this release and for all other releases. If you are a new user, see [Set Up in the Google Cloud Console](https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/address-validation/cloud-setup) to start the installation process.