# Changelog of Google News - Articles, Headlines & Keyword Search (`kestrel/google-news`) Actor

- **URL**: https://apify.com/kestrel/google-news/changelog.md
- **Full Actor documentation**: https://apify.com/kestrel/google-news.md

## Changelog

### 2026-10-16 — Keyword Planner and locale documentation

Validated search terminology against Google Ads Keyword Planner and Store shelves. Added localized usage guidance and bounded examples; retained existing English phrases. Clarified locale limitations where measured. No runtime, output fields, defaults, or pricing changed.

### Chinese discovery and recognizable branding - 2026-10-16

Added Chinese search keywords and a Chinese Markdown quickstart with input examples, output fields, billing rules and source limitations. Replaced the generic icon with a platform-identifiable model-generated icon. Prices are unchanged.

Added Simplified Chinese (`zh-CN` / `CN`) and Traditional Chinese (`zh-TW` / `TW`) editions with Google News script-code routing. Existing language defaults are unchanged.

### Listing refresh - 2026-10-16

Added native search terms in Spanish, French, German, Portuguese and Arabic to the search metadata. Replaced the icon with an original model-generated design.

This updates discovery and branding; extraction languages, input fields, output and pricing are unchanged.

### 1.0 - 2026-10-16

Initial release: public data, explicit source limits, pre-billing filters, duplicate exclusion, stable IDs, free status rows and capped pay-per-event billing.