SerpApi Weekly Changelog: Sep 28 - Oct 04, 2026

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.

The past week at SerpApi brought new APIs, features, expanded scraping capabilities, steady improvements to existing APIs, and a range of important bug fixes. ⭐️ Top Updates Introducing Top News for the Google News Results API https://serpapi.com/news-results api-examples-results-for-ottawa-on We'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 More Accurate References for Google AI Overview and AI Mode https://serpapi.com/google-ai-overview-api We'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 📑 Full List of Updates Google Search API https://serpapi.com/search-api Bug fixes - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 Google Shopping API https://serpapi.com/google-shopping-api and Google Shopping Light API https://serpapi.com/google-shopping-light-api Features - 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 Amazon Search API https://serpapi.com/amazon-search-api Bug fixes - 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 Amazon Product API https://serpapi.com/amazon-product-api Features - We are now extracting the "Customers also bought" section as part of bought together . Details https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4203 Improvements - 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 eBay Search API https://serpapi.com/ebay-search-api Changes - 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 Bug fixes - 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 Google Lens API https://serpapi.com/google-lens-api Changes - 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 Google Maps API https://serpapi.com/google-maps-api Bug fixes - 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 - We have fixed the issue where the API was, in some cases, returning a "Failed to retrieve maps results." error. Google Play Store API https://serpapi.com/google-play-api Features - 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 Google Immersive Product API https://serpapi.com/google-immersive-product-api Bug fixes - We have fixed the issue where the API was intermittently returning malformed product results . Details https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4205 Walmart Reviews API https://serpapi.com/walmart-product-reviews-api Improvements - We have improved the success rate and response time of the API. Details https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4387 Yandex Search API https://serpapi.com/yandex-search-api Bug fixes - We have fixed the issue where the API had a low success rate. Details https://github.com/serpapi/public-roadmap/issues/4034 💬 We'd Love Your Feedback Your 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 . Thanks for building with SerpApi