An announcement made by Google said that the company is removing features from the current Search Console API, which are all related to apps, specifically Android app search appearance types.
Back in February, Google removed app properties from Google Search Console, so it would make since that removing it from the API now makes sense. Google told app developers to transition to Google’s Firebase platform for this type of reporting. “Since these appearance types are no longer used in the UI, they haven’t been populated with data recently. Going forward, we won’t be showing these types at all through the API,” Google wrote.
According to Google, the following app search appearance types are no longer supported:
- Is Install
- Is App Universal
- Is Opened
Google also said that the Sitemaps API isn’t populating the indexing status of submitted sitemap files in the “Indexed” field, and as such, SEO shouldn’t expect to see this information in the Indeed field.
Google said, “We’re still committed to the Search Console API. In particular, we’re working on updating the Search Console API to the new Search Console. We don’t have any specific timeframes to share at the moment, but stay tuned to find out more!”