# What's new in AdScanner

Source: https://www.ppcadeditor.com/knowledge-base/adscanner/whats-new/
Last verified: 2026-11-01

What's new in AdScanner? What changed this week or this month? New AdScanner features, fixes and updates, listed newest first.

## October 2026

- 28 Oct: A change to how AdScanner reads ad images. When the main AI provider cannot be reached, AdScanner reads the words from your picked ads' images on a backup instead, so a send or download still gets the ad copy.
- 28 Oct: The Exports page in PPC Ad Editor now points to the download on each job instead of the extension popup. See AdScanner export: the Exports page for your scans.
- 20 Oct: Give feedback at the right of the bar above AdScanner lets you rate it from 1 to 5 and send a note to the team. See Give feedback.
- 7 Oct: The Pro pill now reads Pro · up to 50 ads per search, and AdScanner plans lists 3 searches a day on Lite and no daily limit on Pro, with a monthly usage cap.
- Upgrade to Pro on the AdScanner plans page now opens checkout. Buying AdScanner Pro or Intel Pro turns Pro on for that workspace.
- Job history now says History is kept, on Lite and on Pro.
- To ask Albert a question in AdScanner, click the Albert icon on the right edge of the page.

## September 2026

- Opening AdScanner from PPC Ad Editor now keeps you signed in as the same account you use in the editor.
- The AdScanner and AdMinerX chips in the left menu show the plan on your account, Lite or Pro. They do not stay on Lite when the account is Pro.
- The AdScanner left menu now matches the editor's, with your workspace name, a **Lite** or **Pro** chip, and **Scans**, **History**, **Exports** and **Settings**.
- You can download picked search ads as the PPC Ad Editor bulk-upload spreadsheet with **Download N as .xlsx** in the **Selected ads** panel.
- On Pro, a job that reaches the 50-ad search limit now tells you to run the search again later, instead of asking you to upgrade.
- Ad cards now show every description an ad has, not only the first.
- While a search runs, the AdScanner home page now names each step and counts the seconds. The result line tells you whether the job reached your plan's limit.
- The job page now groups ads as **Search**, **Display** and **YouTube**, by where each one lands in the editor. Each tile shows the average days live.
- When you send or download picked ads, AdScanner now reads their words from each ad's image first, and tells you about any ad it could not read.
- A selection with both search and display ads now sends as one preview per format, grouped together. Image ads without words can go to the editor as display ads.
- Every ad card now has **See in Google Transparency Center**, which opens the ad on Google's own page.
- You can click anywhere on an ad card to pick it, pick everything on screen with **Select all N**, and search captured ads by their words, display URL or advertiser.
- The gallery now shows up to three ads per row, and the search box has a clear button.
- Job history now has a **Run by** column, and **Advertiser** shows the domain you searched.
- Capture now runs from **Server search** on the AdScanner home page. The home page no longer shows an extension tab.
- You can create a new dashboard from the **Selected ads** panel without leaving AdScanner.
- Cards now show the Ads Transparency Center's own live preview when no image came back, and step through an ad's versions.
- The job page now shows ads as a gallery of cards, with a **Selected ads** panel for picking what to send to PPC Ad Editor.
- You can narrow a scan by **Format** and **Channel** before you click **Capture ads**.
- The **Table** view lists each ad's format, first and last shown dates, and days live.
- AdScanner opened inside PPC Ad Editor at /adscanner. You can search an advertiser by domain or Transparency Center ID.