Google Ads Tests Swipeable Categories For Sponsored Results Again

Aug 27, 2026 - 7:21 am 0 — by
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Google is testing once again testing swipeable Google Ads sponsored results, where you can swipe a carousel of categories to potentially change the sponsored results listed below. We saw this for shopping ads in October 2024 and Google has continued to test this since.

Sachin Patel spotted the testin 2024 and then he posted this morning on SEW the repeated test, with some screenshots. I had to enlarge one screenshot to show how it swipes but you get the idea, ad on the left is set to featured, and the one on the right it on the "cheap" tab:

Google Ads Swipable Tabs Carouel

Here is the animated test from 2024 that Sachin posted on X back then:

Google Ads Scrollable Category Headlines

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