{"slug": "serpapi-weekly-changelog-sep-28-oct-04-2026", "title": "SerpApi Weekly Changelog: Sep 28 - Oct 04, 2026", "summary": "SerpApi released its weekly changelog for September 28 to October 4, 2026, adding a top_news array to its Google News Results API and rebuilding reference parsing for Google AI Overview and AI Mode results. The reference update improves the accuracy of the references list and reference_indexes that link each part of an AI-generated answer to its source title, link, snippet and source, resolving cases where AI Overview text blocks were returned without reference_indexes. The changes apply to the Google Search API, Google AI Overview API and Google AI Mode API, and the company also fixed knowledge_graph extraction issues for website, kgmid and header_images and a pagination current page bug in the Google Search API.", "body_md": "The past week at SerpApi brought new APIs, features, expanded scraping capabilities, steady improvements to existing APIs, and a range of important bug fixes.\n\n## ⭐️ Top Updates\n\n### [Introducing Top News for the Google News Results API](https://serpapi.com/news-results#api-examples-results-for-ottawa-on)\n\nWe've expanded our [Google Search API](https://serpapi.com/search-api) with dedicated parsing for Google's \"Top news\" section, which Google now shows for some Google News (`tbm=nws`) searches. Articles from this block are extracted into a new `top_news` array alongside the existing `news_results`. This makes it easy to see which stories Google highlights as the leading coverage for a topic or location, separately from the full list of news results. It's ideal for developers building news monitoring dashboards, media intelligence platforms, PR and brand tracking tools, local news aggregators, and AI agents that need timely, high-signal news coverage. [Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4297)\n\n### [More Accurate References for Google AI Overview and AI Mode](https://serpapi.com/google-ai-overview-api)\n\nWe've rebuilt how references are parsed in Google AI Overview and AI Mode results, improving the accuracy of the `references` list and of the `reference_indexes` that connect each part of an answer to the sources it cites. This resolves cases where AI Overview text blocks were returned without their `reference_indexes`, making it easier to trace each statement back to its source `title`, `link`, `snippet`, and `source`. The update applies to AI Overviews returned by the [Google Search API](https://serpapi.com/search-api) and the [Google AI Overview API](https://serpapi.com/google-ai-overview-api), as well as to the [Google AI Mode API](https://serpapi.com/google-ai-mode-api). It's ideal for developers building AI visibility and brand monitoring tools, citation tracking platforms, GEO and SEO analytics, and RAG pipelines that need to know exactly which sources back each AI-generated answer. [Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4239)\n\n## 📑 Full List of Updates\n\n### [Google Search API](https://serpapi.com/search-api)\n\n**Bug fixes**\n\n- We have fixed the issue where the API was missing to extract `website` inside`knowledge_graph` for some local businesses.[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4354)\n- We have fixed the issue where the API was, in some cases, missing to extract `kgmid` inside`knowledge_graph` .[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4374)\n- We have fixed the issue where the API was, in some cases, missing to extract `header_images` inside`knowledge_graph` .[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4381)\n- We have fixed the issue where the API was returning an incorrect `current` page value inside`pagination` and`serpapi_pagination` for pages beyond the first.[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4325)\n\n### [Google Shopping API](https://serpapi.com/google-shopping-api) and [Google Shopping Light API](https://serpapi.com/google-shopping-light-api)\n\n**Features**\n\n- We have added support for the `safe` parameter, which you can use to control adult content filtering by setting it to`active` or`off` .[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4346)\n\n### [Amazon Search API](https://serpapi.com/amazon-search-api)\n\n**Bug fixes**\n\n- We have fixed the issue where the API was intermittently ignoring the provided `delivery_zip` and returning results for a different location. If the delivery location can't be set, the API now returns an error instead of results for the wrong location.[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/3493)\n\n### [Amazon Product API](https://serpapi.com/amazon-product-api)\n\n**Features**\n\n- We are now extracting the \"Customers also bought\" section as part of `bought_together` .[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4203)\n\n**Improvements**\n\n- We have improved the reliability of setting the delivery location with the `delivery_zip` and`shipping_location` parameters.[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/3493)\n\n### [eBay Search API](https://serpapi.com/ebay-search-api)\n\n**Changes**\n\n- We have discontinued the `Sold` and`Complete` options of the`show_only` parameter, since eBay now requires a login to view sold and completed listings. Requests using these options now return an error.[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4064)\n\n**Bug fixes**\n\n- We have fixed the issue where the API was, in some cases, missing to extract `organic_results` .[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4389)\n\n### [Google Lens API](https://serpapi.com/google-lens-api)\n\n**Changes**\n\n- We have discontinued the [Google Lens About This Image API](https://serpapi.com/google-lens-about-this-image-api) (`type=about_this_image` ), since Google no longer supports the About This Image search type in Google Lens. Requests using it now return an error.[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4322)\n\n### [Google Maps API](https://serpapi.com/google-maps-api)\n\n**Bug fixes**\n\n- We have fixed the issue where the API was missing to extract `live_busyness_score` and`current` inside`popular_times` .[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4375)\n- We have fixed the issue where the API was, in some cases, returning a \"Failed to retrieve maps results.\" error.\n\n### [Google Play Store API](https://serpapi.com/google-play-api)\n\n**Features**\n\n- We are now extracting more information from `items_highlight` , such as`status` and`app_information` , and returning the correct`title` and`subtitle` for highlighted items.[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4317)\n\n### [Google Immersive Product API](https://serpapi.com/google-immersive-product-api)\n\n**Bug fixes**\n\n- We have fixed the issue where the API was intermittently returning malformed `product_results` .[Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4205)\n\n### [Walmart Reviews API](https://serpapi.com/walmart-product-reviews-api)\n\n**Improvements**\n\n- We have improved the success rate and response time of the API. [Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4387)\n\n### [Yandex Search API](https://serpapi.com/yandex-search-api)\n\n**Bug fixes**\n\n- We have fixed the issue where the API had a low success rate. [Details](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4034)\n\n### 💬 We'd Love Your Feedback\n\nYour input helps us improve. If something's not working as expected, or if there's a feature you'd love to see, let us know. You can reach us at any time at [contact@serpapi.com](mailto:contact@serpapi.com). Or you can open an issue on our [Public Roadmap](https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap).\n\nThanks for building with SerpApi!", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/serpapi-weekly-changelog-sep-28-oct-04-2026", "canonical_source": "https://serpapi.com/blog/serpapi-weekly-changelog-sep-28-oct-04-2026/", "published_at": "2026-10-05 11:52:15+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-05 12:19:13.835483+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-search", "generative-engine-optimization", "ai-crawlers", "developer-tools", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["SerpApi", "Google News Results API", "Google Search API", "Google AI Overview API", "Google AI Mode API", "Google Shopping API", "Amazon Search API", "Amazon Product API"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/serpapi-weekly-changelog-sep-28-oct-04-2026", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/serpapi-weekly-changelog-sep-28-oct-04-2026.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/serpapi-weekly-changelog-sep-28-oct-04-2026.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/serpapi-weekly-changelog-sep-28-oct-04-2026.jsonld"}}