Search Console Web Multimodal Search Reporting (September 2026): What Changed
Google Search Product feature Rolling out Announced Rollout: 24 September 2026 to end not stated Last verified
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On 24 September 2026 Google announced Search Console reporting for web multimodal search, which covers searches made with images. The data is rolling out globally from that day.
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What changed
- On 24 September 2026 Google announced Search Console reporting for web multimodal search.
- The data covers searches made with images, such as Lens, Circle to Search on Android, uploads to Google Search, and Chrome's right-click image search.
- It appears in the Search results performance report and in the report for generative AI features, through a new multimodal search type filter.
- Google said the data is rolling out globally from that day and appears if a site receives traffic from these queries.
What to check this week
- Use the multimodal search type filter in the performance report and export the data to compare it with your other search types.
Official sources
- Announcing web multimodal Search performance reporting in Search ConsoleGoogle Search Central Blog · checked 7 October 2026
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- Updated on 7 October 2026: Published automatically after verification against the official source.