Looker Studio Updates & Release Notes

Deprecated

Ads Location Extension fields deprecation

The following location extension fields in the Google Ads and New Search Ads 360 connectors are deprecated and will stop serving data on May 4, 2026:

• Affiliate location address line 1
• Affiliate location address line 2
• Affiliate location business name
• Affiliate location city
• Affiliate location country code
• Affiliate location phone number
• Affiliate location postal code
• Affiliate location province
• Store location address line 1
• Store location address line 2
• Store location business name
• Store location city
• Store location country code
• Store location phone number
• Store location postal code
• Store location province

Reports that use these fields will return an error. To avoid disruption, you must update your reports and data sources to use the corresponding Asset location fields:

• "Asset location address line 1"
• "Asset location address line 2"
• "Asset location business name"
• "Asset location city"
• "Asset location country code"
• "Asset location phone number"
• "Asset location postal code"
• "Asset location province"

Learn more about Ads location assets.

Feature

Data Studio rebrand and updated home page

We've rebranded Looker Studio as Data Studio. We've also updated the home page to give you a single place to access your Data Studio reports and data sources, BigQuery conversational agents, and data apps built in Colab notebooks. For more information, see our blog.

Feature

Gemini in Looker is now Gemini in Data Studio.

Learn more about Gemini in Data Studio.

Feature

Share your BigQuery data agents to Data Studio

Available in preview, you can create data agents in BigQuery and then publish them automatically to Data Studio for use with Conversational Analytics.

Feature

A new Conversational Analytics experience

Available in preview, Conversational Analytics offers a new experience with the following changes:

• Conversational Analytics is now available to all Data Studio users.
• Conversational Analytics no longer requires that Gemini in Data Studio (formerly, Gemini in Looker) is enabled.
• You can consume data agents that were created in BigQuery, but can no longer create data agents directly in Data Studio.

To access your past conversations and data agents, you can switch back to the legacy view of Conversational Analytics as needed.

Learn more about the differences between the legacy and new Conversational Analytics experiences.

Feature

Pro feature: Manage sharing policy for assets in team workspaces

In Looker Studio Pro team workspaces, assets such as reports and data sources might not have an individual owner. This can make it difficult to manage sharing permissions for those assets, especially if the person who created the asset leaves your organization.

If an asset is located in a team workspace or folder, a Policy User may be designated for that asset. Looker Studio uses the Policy User's account to determine which organizational sharing policies apply.

Feature

Partner connection launch update

The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery:

• LinkedIn Ads - Free by Data Bloo. Sources: Linkedin Ads
• Bing Webmaster Tools - Free by Data Bloo. Sources: Bing Webmaster
• Surfer AI Visibility by Surfer SEO. Sources: Surfer SEO
• Airtable by Windsor.ai. Sources: Airtable
• Apsis One by Windsor.ai. Sources: Apsis
• Writesonic GEO by Writesonic. Sources: Writesonic
• Metricool by Windsor.ai. Sources: Facebook Insigths
• Reddit Ads by Reporting Ninja. Sources: Reddit Ads

Feature

Partner connection launch update

The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery:

• SE Ranking: Domain Analysis by SE Ranking. Sources: SE Ranking
• HighLevel by The Data Students. Sources: HighLevel
• Google Ads Keyword Planner by Supermetrics. Sources: Google Adwords
• Plausible by Supermetrics. Sources: Plausible Analytics
• Axon by AppLovin by Supermetrics. Sources: Axon
• Eloqua by Supermetrics. Sources: Eloqua
• YouGov BrandIndex by Windsor.ai. Sources: YouGov BrandIndex
• Commercetools by Windsor.ai. Sources: Commerce Tools
• PostHog by Windsor.ai. Sources: PostHog
• BoxCast by Windsor.ai. Sources: BoxCast
• Visma Economic by Windsor.ai. Sources: Visma Economic
• Rocket.Chat by Windsor.ai. Sources: Rocket Chat
• MediaGo by Windsor.ai. Sources: MediaGo
• MNTN by Supermetrics. Sources: MNTN
• Facebook Ads by My Pro Metrics. Sources: Facebook Ads
• SE Ranking: AI Search by SE Ranking. Sources: SE Ranking
• SE Ranking: Website Audit by SE Ranking. Sources: SE Ranking
• Meta Ads Data by Mercury. Sources: Facebook Ads
• 快客-Shopify 串接 by 黑客數位. Sources: Spopify
• SE Ranking: Keywords by SE Ranking. Sources: SE Ranking
• Pinterest by Master Metrics. Sources: Pinterest

Looker Studio Pro for Google Workspace

You can purchase a Looker Studio Pro subscription from the Google Workspace Admin console.
Learn more about Looker Studio Pro for Workspace.

Export chart to image

You can now export a chart to an image by saving it as a PNG file or by copying it to your clipboard.
See Export data from a chart for more information.

Now displaying Conversational Analytics reasoning

After you enter your query, click Show reasoning to see a plain text explanation of the steps that Conversational Analytics took to interpret your query.
See Show reasoning for more information.

Link to chart in report

You can now link to a specific component, like a chart or control, in your report.
See Link to a component for more information.

Feature

Cross data source filtering

This feature lets you override default field IDs so that controls on a report can filter charts that are based on different data sources.
Learn more about using controls across data sources.

Feature

Show and hide individual charts and components

You can hide individual charts and components for all viewers or for a subset of viewers.
See Hide report components for viewers for more information.

Feature

Histogram chart

You can visualize your data using histogram charts. Histograms are useful for understanding the shape, center, and spread of your data, which in turn can lead to insights that might be hidden in other types of charts, such as pie charts and bar charts.
See the Histogram reference for more information.

Feature

Partner connection launch update

The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery:

• Walmart Connect (Search) By Supermetrics. Sources: Walmart
• Ecwid By Supermetrics. Sources: Ecwid
• Bitrix24 BI By Bitrix24. Sources: Bitrix24
• Zen AI - Google Ads By Zen AI. Sources: Google Adwords
• G2 By Dataslayer. Sources: G2
• TikTok Ads By Pro Plugg. Sources: Tiktok
• Mentionlytics By Mentionlytics Ltd. Sources: Mentionlytics
• Shopee Ads By Supermetrics. Sources: Shopee
• Odoo Attendance AppiWorks By Jivrus Technologies. Sources: Odoo Attendance
• Squarespace Commerce By Supermetrics. Sources: Squarespace
• Wix Commerce By Supermetrics. Sources: Wix Site Data
• SISTRIX Toolbox Data By SISTRIX GmbH. Sources: Sistrix Toolbox
• Sprinklr By Supermetrics. Sources: Sprinklr
• Facebook Insights By Data House. Sources: Facebook Ads
• Bluesky Insights By Digital Data School. Sources: Bluesky

Feature

Pro feature: Share and schedule reports with Slack

You can now send Looker Studio reports to Slack channels and Slack users on your Slack workspaces. This feature is now out of preview, and remains available only to Pro users.

Feature

Expand tables to show all rows

When downloading or scheduling a report, you can now configure table visualizations to expand to display up to 2,000 rows.

Feature

Partner connection launch update

The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery:

• Bionic By Bionic Advertising Systems. Sources: Bionic
• AI Search - Workduo By Workduo. Sources: Workday
• Zoom By Windsor.ai. Sources: Zoom
• Bing Ads By Master Metrics. Sources: Bing
• 快客-Cyberbiz 串接 By 黑客數位. Sources: Cyberviz
• GoHighLevel By Windsor.ai. Sources: HighLevel
• Walmart Connect (Display) By Supermetrics. Sources: Wada

Feature: Filter control default values now accept parameters

Filter control default values now accept parameters
You can now use parameters as default values in filter controls.

Feature: Modernized timeline chart

Modernized timeline chart
Timeline charts have a new modernized look by default and give you new options for customizing bar corner radius, axes, and grid.

Feature: New shapes

New shapes
The Shapes menu has been enhanced and expanded to include new shape types for report editors. See Add text, images, lines, and shapes to your report to learn more.

Feature

Pro feature: Cloud Audit Logs

Looker Studio Pro logs are now available in the Logs Explorer within the Google Cloud console.

Feature

Looker connector enhancements

The Looker connector now supports query results of up to 75,000 rows. The Looker connector also supports exports of up to 75,000 rows of data.
Learn more about the limits of the Looker connector.

Feature

More data from Google Ads

You can visualize the following metrics using the Google Ads connector :

• Conversions (Platform comparable)
• Conv. value (Platform comparable)
• Conv. value / cost (Platform comparable)
• Cost / conv. (Platform comparable)

Feature

Conditional formatting for bars in bar charts

You can now use conditional formatting on bar charts that use modern charts.

Feature

Partner connection launch update

The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery :

• Google Ads with AI By Picometrics. Sources: Google Adwords
• DataTrue v2 By DataTrue. Sources: DataTrue
• Lazada Ads By Supermetrics. Sources: Lazada
• OmniWallet By Dataslayer. Sources: OmniWallet
• TikTok Shop By Catchr. Sources: Tiktok
• Local Viking By Local Viking. Sources: Local Viking
• Sprout Social By Windsor.ai. Sources: SproutSocial
• TikTok Shop By Windsor.ai. Sources: Tiktok Shop
• Hurma By Hurma . Sources: Custom JSON
• Google Sheets By Supermetrics . Sources: Google Drive

Feature

Partner connection launch update

The following partner connectors have been added to the Looker Studio Connector Gallery:

• Spotify Ads
  by Dataslayer. Sources: Spotify Ads Studio
• Amazon Ads
  by Dataslayer. Sources: Amazon Ads
• Zoho
  by Dataslayer. Sources: Zoho CRM
• Lazada Commerce
  by Supermetrics. Sources: Supermetrics
• Google Sheets
  by Porter Metrics. Sources: Google Drive
• OWOX Data Marts
  by OWOX. Sources: Owox Data Mart
• Close CRM
  by Supermetrics. Sources: Close
• Centra
  by Supermetrics. Sources: Centra
• BMS Monitoring
  by BMS. Sources: BMS
• Vibe
  by Supermetrics. Sources: Vibe
• Power My Analytics
  by Power My Analytics. Sources: Constant Contact
• Zen AI - Meta Ads
  by Zen AI. Sources: Facebook Ads

Feature

Pro feature: CSV connector enhancement

Introducing new user experience enhancements for the CSV connector.
Learn more about the CSV connector.

Note:
This feature is being released gradually. You might not see it right away.