The following updates are available to all partners through the Google Business Profile APIs.

#### 2026-11-02


**Edit Status for Locations and Attributes (v1alpha):** You can now retrieve the merchant-provided view, consumer-facing view, per-field edit lifecycle stage, edit source, and policy violation rejection reasons for locations and attributes using the following `v1alpha` methods in the Business Information API:

- [locations.getExtended](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/businessinformation/rest/v1alpha/locations/getExtended)
- [locations.attributes.getExtended](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/businessinformation/rest/v1alpha/locations.attributes/getExtended)


For more details and usage examples, see [Check edit status for locations and attributes](https://developers.google.com/my-business/content/edit-status).

#### 2026-10-09


**Food Menus Dietary Restrictions:** The [DietaryRestriction](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/FoodMenus#DietaryRestriction)
enum now supports `GLUTEN_FREE` and `DAIRY_FREE` attributes for food menu items.

Food menus with dietary restrictions can be managed using the following methods:

- [accounts.locations.getFoodMenus](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations/getFoodMenus)
- [accounts.locations.updateFoodMenus](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations/updateFoodMenus)

#### 2026-07-24


**review_reply_url:** The [reviewReplyUrl](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.reviews#Review) can now be
retrieved as part of reviews using the following methods:

- [accounts.locations.reviews.get](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.reviews/get)
- [accounts.locations.reviews.list](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.reviews/list)
and
- [accounts.locations.batchGetReviews](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations/batchGetReviews)

#### 2026-07-01


**Policy Violation:** [PolicyViolation](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.reviews#PolicyViolation)
can now be retrieved as part of reviews.

PolicyViolation can be retrieved using the following methods:

- [accounts.locations.reviews.list](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.reviews/list)
- [accounts.locations.batchGetReviews](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations/batchGetReviews)


It provides more visibility into the policy violation status of your submitted review replies.

#### 2026-05-12


**Invitation Place ID:** The location's place ID can now be retrieved in pending invitations.

The place ID is available in [TargetLocation](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/accountmanagement/rest/v1/accounts.invitations/list#TargetLocation) under [Invitation](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/accountmanagement/rest/v1/accounts.invitations/list#Invitation).

Review pending invitations and retrieve their place IDs using the following method:

- [accounts.invitations.list](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/accountmanagement/rest/v1/accounts.invitations/list)

#### 2026-04-20


**Review Media Items:** [ReviewMediaItem](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.reviews#Review)
can now be retrieved as part of reviews.

ReviewMediaItems (thumbnail image and video urls) can be retrieved using the following methods:

- [accounts.locations.reviews.get](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.reviews/get)
- [accounts.locations.reviews.list](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.reviews/list)
- [accounts.locations.batchGetReviews](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations/batchGetReviews)

#### 2026-04-07


**Recurrence Info:** You can now schedule recurring posts by setting [RecurrenceInfo](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.localPosts#RecurrenceInfo)
when creating a [LocalPost](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.localPosts#resource:-localpost).

#### 2026-04-01


**Review Reply:** [ReviewReplyState](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.reviews#ReviewReply)
can now be retrieved as part of reviews.

ReviewReplyState can be retrieved using the following methods:

- [accounts.locations.reviews.list](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations.reviews/list)
- [accounts.locations.batchGetReviews](https://developers.google.com/my-business/reference/rest/v4/accounts.locations/batchGetReviews)


It provides more visibility into the moderation status of your submitted review replies.