Campaign-level language targeting removed for Search and AI Max campaigns from late September 2026
- Date
- Aug 13, 2026
- Effective
- Sep 30, 2026
- Regions
- Global
- Primary source
- Google Ads Developers Blog
Search ads match on the language of the ad instead of campaign language settings; adding or updating CampaignCriterion.language on Search campaigns returns ContextError.OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED_FOR_CONTEXT, while Performance Max keeps the language setting for non-Search channels only. Existing criteria are still returned in queries but no longer used.
Sources
- open_in_newGoogle Ads language targeting changes starting September 2026Google Ads Developers Blog ยท Aug 13, 2026
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