Google algorithm updates, digital marketing news and new AI model releases — in date order, on one page.
September 2026
Google September 2026 spam update
Released the September 2026 spam update , which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take up to two weeks to complete.
Source ↗August 2026
Google August 2026 spam update
Released the August 2026 spam update , which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take a few days to complete.
Source ↗June 2026
Google June 2026 spam update
Released the June 2026 spam update , which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take a few days to complete.
Source ↗May 2026
Google May 2026 core update
Released the May 2026 core update . The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.
Source ↗March 2026
Google March 2026 core update
Released the March 2026 core update . The rollout may take up to 2 weeks to complete.
Source ↗Google March 2026 spam update
Released the March 2026 spam update , which applies globally and to all languages. The rollout may take a few days to complete.
Source ↗February 2026
Google February 2026 Discover update
Released the February 2026 Discover core update for English language users in the US (will look to expand it to all countries and languages in the future). This update is designed to improve the quality of Discover overall. Our guidance…
Source ↗December 2025
Google December 2025 core update
Released the December 2025 core update . The rollout may take up to 3 weeks to complete.
Source ↗October 2026
New model: Nemotron 3.5 Bolt E4B 4GB (NVIDIA)
Independent benchmark results are now available.
Source ↗New model: MiniMax-M3.1-Flash (MiniMax)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 43 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (DeepSeek)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 45 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Muse Spark Open (Meta)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 39 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B (NVIDIA)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 21 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (NVIDIA)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 26 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Muse Wonder Full (Meta)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 56 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Muse Wonder (Meta)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 52 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 34 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 29 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 38 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 43 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 41 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Mistral Large 4 Preview (Mistral)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 38 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Sol (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 48 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (DeepSeek)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 20 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 58 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 56 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Sol (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 44 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 42 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 54 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 18 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Sol (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 40 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Sol (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 42 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 22 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 33 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Opus 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 51 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: MiMo-V2.6-Pro (Xiaomi)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 46 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Grok 4.7 (xAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 46 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Grok 4.7 (xAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 46 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Qwen3.8 Max (Alibaba (Qwen))
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 45 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (DeepSeek)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 39 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 46 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 50 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 51 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 52 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 53 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Muse Spark 1.3 (Meta)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 48 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Muse Spark 1.3 (Meta)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 45 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Gemini 3.8 Flash (Google)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 33 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Gemini 3.8 Flash (Google)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 40 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Gemini 3.8 Flash (Google)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 41 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Sol (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 34 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6.1 Sol (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 42 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6.1 Sol (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 50 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6.1 Sol (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 48 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6.1 Sol (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 51 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6.1 Sol (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 52 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 47 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 52 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Grok 4.7 (xAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 42 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 41 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 56 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Anthropic)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 36 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Sol (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 29 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: Gemini 4 Argon (Google)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 53 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: MiMo-V2.6-Flash (Xiaomi)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 38 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GLM-5.3 (Z.ai (GLM))
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 34 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (DeepSeek)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 25 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 38 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 35 (best variant).
Source ↗New model: GPT-6 Luna (OpenAI)
Independent benchmark results are now available. Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 30 (best variant).
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