# Performance Max AI Asset Generation in 2026: What It Does and the Tools That Fill the Gaps
Author: Angad Singh
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Published: 2026-09-08
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The best tools to fill Performance Max's creative gaps in 2026 are Segwise, Superads, and AdCreative.ai: Segwise gives you the cross-network, creative-level intelligence PMax's own reporting can't isolate, Superads pulls asset-level PMax reporting into one view, and AdCreative.ai generates high-volume scored assets to feed the campaign.

Google Performance Max will happily build your ad for you. Type in a website URL, and its AI writes the headlines, generates the images, spins up a video, and drops it all into an asset group. That convenience is real, and for time-strapped teams it is genuinely useful. The catch is that PMax also decides what runs, where, and how, then reports back on your creative in a way that stops just short of telling you what actually worked.

Creative quality is not a rounding error here. Circana and NCSolutions' ["Five Keys to Advertising Effectiveness"](https://www.circana.com/post/brand-loyalty-impact-on-sales) research, built on nearly 450 CPG campaigns, found creative drives 49% of advertising's incremental sales lift, more than brand, reach, targeting, and recency. So the creative PMax generates, and your ability to learn from it, is most of the game. This guide covers exactly what PMax's AI asset generation does in 2026, how to use it well, where it falls short for performance teams, and the tool stack that closes the gaps. All PMax feature claims are checked against Google's current documentation, and every rating comes from a public Capterra profile.

## What Performance Max asset generation can and cannot do

- PMax AI asset generation now produces four asset types: text (headlines, long headlines, descriptions), images (via Asset Studio), logos and business name, and auto-generated video. Google has announced Gemini, Imagen, and Veo as the models behind them.
- The big gap is measurement. PMax does report per-asset conversions, but it credits every asset in a converting ad with the full conversion, so the numbers double-count and you still cannot isolate which asset drove the sale or compute a clean per-asset ROAS.
- Auto-generated video is the weakest link. Practitioners report Google's auto clips underperform intentional video creative by a wide margin, so uploading your own footage still wins.
- Full generative asset generation is rolling out gradually and remains US-only for parts of the feature set, with global English coverage expanding.
- To fill the gaps, pair PMax with a creative-intelligence layer like Segwise, a PMax-aware reporting tool like Superads, and an asset generator like AdCreative.ai or Pencil.

## Quick comparison: the Performance Max creative tool stack

Disclosure: Segwise publishes this guide and ranks itself first. Ratings shown come only from public Capterra profiles at the time of writing; a dash means no verified profile.

ToolBest forKey featurePricingCapterra rating**Segwise****Cross-network element-level creative intelligence****Multimodal tagging + tag-to-metric mapping across 15+ networks****Growth $499/mo; 7-day free trial****-**SuperadsAsset-level PMax reportingCreative reporting with Google Ads and PMax supportFrom $125/mo (billed annually); 14-day free trial, no free plan-AdCreative.aiHigh-volume scored assetsConversion-score ranking before spendFrom $39/mo (monthly billing)3.3/5 (169)PencilAI video ads with predictionStatic and video generation with performance predictionFrom $14/mo-SmartlyEnterprise creative automationProgrammatic creative at large spendCustom (enterprise)4.5/5 (13)MadgicxDTC Meta creative and optimizationAI Ad Generator tied to ad-account dataNot published; spend-banded, revealed in-app (Tracking Pro add-on $49/mo)4.3/5 (58)VidMobEnterprise creative analyticsCreative data scored against performanceCustom (enterprise)-CreativeXBrand and creative quality at scaleCreative quality scoring and brand-guideline checksCustom (enterprise)-MarpipeCatalog and DPA ad testingAutomated testing of every creative combinationFrom $199/mo-ForeplayAd inspiration and briefing100M+ ad library with briefing workflow$49/mo billed annually ($59 billed monthly)-Creatopy (The Brief)Scaling display and banner sizesOne design resized into dozens of formatsPro $29/mo billed annually, Ultra $79/mo; 7-day trial, no free plan4.6/5 (285)

## What Performance Max AI asset generation actually does in 2026

![Four green pills listing the asset types PMax generates: text, images, logos, and video](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_clo00o2d0644641vqp8vh8w6cd/images/performance-max-ai-asset-generation-in-2026-what-i-image-2-1785727540978-compressed.jpg)

Asset generation lives inside the PMax workflow. When you build a new campaign you get an "Asset generation" step, and inside an existing asset group you open the "Asset generation" panel at the top. You enter a website URL, edit the product or service summary so it matches your goal, click Generate assets, then review and keep what fits. Per [Google's documentation](https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/15097192), the system produces four categories of assets.

- **Text.** Google AI writes headlines, long headlines, and descriptions. Google separately announced (February 2024) that long-headline generation runs on Gemini, with sitelink generation slated to follow.
- **Images.** Google's Asset Studio generates the visuals, and Google has announced they run on its Imagen models. It can create lifestyle imagery showing people in action, add or swap backgrounds, and spin new variations off your existing high performers.
- **Logos and business name.** The system suggests brand assets to round out the group.
- **Video.** PMax auto-generates video, and Google has announced Veo powers it, drawing on product images from your Merchant Center feed plus generated text. A "Create video" button now lets you build video inside Google Ads instead of relying on outside production.

Two things shape how these assets behave. First, an asset group is a themed bundle of creative plus an audience signal, and PMax mixes and matches within it. Second, audience signals are directional hints to Google's AI, not hard targeting rules, so they nudge the algorithm rather than fence it in. A 2025 brand-guidelines feature helps keep generated assets on-brand, and a Canva integration lets you publish designs straight into the campaign.

One important caveat: full generative asset generation is rolling out gradually to accounts that meet Google's criteria and remains US-only for parts of the feature set, with global English coverage expanding. If you do not see it yet, that is why.

## Where PMax creative falls short for performance teams

![Two white cards comparing PMax report metrics against a creative-intelligence layer with element tags and ROAS by hook](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_clo00o2d0644641vqp8vh8w6cd/images/performance-max-ai-asset-generation-in-2026-what-i-image-3-1785727542159-compressed.jpg)

The generation is the easy part. The problems start when you try to learn from what ran. One thing worth clearing up first: the common claim that PMax gives you no asset-level metrics at all is out of date. Since the 2025 reporting update you do get impressions, clicks, and cost per asset. What you still do not get is per-asset conversion credit you can sum.

**You cannot isolate which asset drove the conversion.** PMax does report conversions per asset now, alongside conversion value and value per conversion. The catch is how the credit works. As [Google's own documentation](https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/15235796) explains, when an ad drives a conversion, every asset in that ad is credited with the full conversion and its value, so you cannot even add the asset numbers up to a clean total. That duplicated credit means you can spot which headline earned clicks cheaply, but you still cannot prove which single asset drove the sale or compute a clean per-asset ROAS. A [2025 reporting update](https://www.lunio.ai/blog/pmax-reporting-update) added impressions, clicks, and cost per asset, which helps, but beyond those raw metrics PMax still leans on relative performance labels (Learning, Low, Good, Best) rather than clean per-asset cost and revenue in most account setups.

**You cannot see channel or pairing context at the asset level.** PMax now reports by channel at the campaign level, but you still cannot see which Google surface (YouTube, Search, Display, Gmail) an individual asset ran on, or how it was paired with other creatives. So a "Best" asset might owe its rating to the placement or the pairing, not the creative itself.

**Auto-generated video is weak.** Convenient, yes, but practitioners report Google's [auto-generated clips underperform intentional video creative by a wide margin](https://www.groas.com/post/performance-max-auto-generated-video-assets-kill-performance).

**It is a single-network view.** Even a perfect PMax report only covers Google. If you also run Meta, TikTok, or app networks, you still cannot compare a hook or visual style across platforms, which is where the real creative patterns live.

## How to use PMax AI asset generation well

Used deliberately, the AI is a strong assistant. Used on autopilot, it averages you out. A few practical habits:

- **Feed it your winners, do not start from a blank URL.** Upload your best-performing images and let PMax generate variations from them, rather than accepting generic lifestyle shots.
- **Upload your own video.** Treat auto-generated video as a placeholder, not a finished asset. Add real footage wherever you can.
- **Set brand guidelines first.** Turn on brand guidelines so generated assets stay on-palette and on-voice instead of drifting.
- **Use audience signals as strong hints.** Seed each asset group with your best converting audiences to steer the algorithm faster, while remembering they do not lock targeting.
- **Structure asset groups by theme.** One group per product line, offer, or angle makes the Low/Good/Best labels at least directionally useful.
- **Match the specs before you upload.** Feeding correctly sized assets avoids auto-cropping surprises. Our [Performance Max creative specs guide](https://segwise.ai/blog/performance-max-creative-specs-guide) has the current image, video, and text dimensions.

The habit that separates strong PMax teams is simple: they do not let Google's reporting be the only place they learn about creative. That is where the tool stack comes in.

## How to choose the right tool for your PMax stack

Different gaps call for different tools. Use this if/then guide before you read the reviews.

- **If you spend more than $10k a month across two or more ad networks and cannot say which creative works,** Segwise is the right fit because it tags every element and maps it to ROAS, restoring the element-level creative view PMax's own asset reports can't isolate.
- **If you only need cleaner PMax and cross-channel creative reports,** Superads is the lighter pick, since it pulls Google Ads and PMax assets into one dashboard with AI tagging.
- **If you ship 30 or more new creatives a month and need a firehose of static concepts fast,** AdCreative.ai scores volume before spend, while Pencil covers the same ground for video.
- **If you are a DTC brand centered on Meta,** Madgicx pairs creative generation with budget optimization in one Meta-first tool.
- **If you are an enterprise team spending $500k or more a month with global scale,** Smartly automates production and buying, VidMob delivers analytics with services, and CreativeX enforces brand quality.
- **If your work is catalog ads or design sizing,** Marpipe tests your product-feed creative and Creatopy scales the formats.

Three rough thresholds hold up in practice. Below about 30 new creatives a month, manual tagging and a spreadsheet still work; past that, automatic tagging starts paying for itself. Under roughly $10k a month in ad spend, tool subscriptions eat most of the gains they find. And a team of one or two buyers usually gets more from one intelligence layer than from three point tools.

**When you should not buy anything.** If you run a low-spend, Google-only account, say under $5k a month with no Meta or TikTok, skip the stack for now. Fix your asset groups instead: one theme per group, your own images and video, brand guidelines switched on. Then wait for Google's asset-level metrics to mature. Revisit tools when you add a second network or your creative volume outgrows manual review.

In short, the strongest 2026 setups treat PMax as a distribution engine and add a creative-intelligence layer on top: Segwise for cross-network element-level insight, Superads for PMax-aware reporting, and an asset generator like AdCreative.ai or Pencil to keep the campaign fed.

## The tool stack that fills the gaps

These are the tools performance teams actually reach for around PMax in 2026, split across the two gaps: generating better assets to feed the campaign, and recovering the creative-level intelligence PMax leaves on the table. Segwise sits first because it targets the biggest gap: knowing which creative elements drive performance across every network, Google included.

### 1\. Segwise - Best for cross-network element-level creative intelligence

PMax tells you an asset is "Good" but not why, and only for Google. Segwise fixes both. It connects to 15+ ad networks and MMPs, Google Ads included, and tags every creative element with multimodal AI: hooks, CTAs, characters, visual styles, on-screen text, audio, and more. Then it [maps each tag to performance](https://segwise.ai/features/creative-analytics), so you learn which elements move ROAS across the networks you run, and can apply those winning patterns to the creative you feed PMax, instead of squinting at a relative label.

Key features:

\- Multimodal [creative tagging](https://segwise.ai/features/creative-tagging) across video, image, audio, and text, plus playable-ad tagging, which very few platforms offer.

\- Tag-to-metric mapping that ties every creative variable to spend, CTR, CVR, ROAS, and any metric you track, across networks.

\- Fatigue detection that flags declining creatives before budget burns.

\- A [Creative Generation Agent](https://segwise.ai/features/creative-generation) that produces net-new ads from your winning patterns, then auto-tags each one on launch.

When you should try it: you run paid media on Google plus other networks and you are tired of PMax being a creative black box. Best for UA managers, DTC growth teams, and agencies.

Pricing: Growth is $499/mo for up to $250k in monthly ad spend, with a startup rate of $250/mo for teams under $50k in monthly spend (limited eligibility). Pro is $1,699/mo, and Enterprise is custom. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial, no credit card, which imports up to 14 days of history (up to 3 months on paid plans).

Limitations: it is built for teams actively buying media with live data to learn from, and the $499/mo entry price assumes real ad spend, though the $250/mo startup rate and the free trial lower the bar for smaller teams. It is a creative-intelligence and generation layer, not a PMax bid manager.

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![Segwise interface showing a top-performing creatives table with tag chips beside a hook-rate bar chart](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_clo00o2d0644641vqp8vh8w6cd/images/performance-max-ai-asset-generation-in-2026-what-i-image-4-1785727543099-compressed.jpg)

### 2\. Superads - Best for asset-level PMax reporting

[Superads](https://www.superads.ai/) is a creative reporting tool built to answer the question PMax dodges: which asset actually performed. Its 2025 to 2026 update added Google Ads connectors with Performance Max support, so you can pull PMax creative into the same view as your other channels.

Key features:

\- OAuth connections to Google Ads (with PMax, covering YouTube placements), Meta, TikTok, and LinkedIn.

\- Automatic AI tagging of every image and video asset.

\- A Superads Score that grades creative on dimensions the native platforms do not surface.

When you should try it: you want cleaner cross-channel creative dashboards without building them by hand, and PMax reporting is your specific pain.

Pricing: from $125/mo billed annually; 14-day free trial, no free plan.

Limitations: it is a reporting and analytics layer, not a generator, so you still produce creative elsewhere.

### 3\. AdCreative.ai - Best for high-volume scored assets

[AdCreative.ai](https://www.adcreative.ai/) is the volume workhorse for static and display concepts. It generates many on-brand variations fast and ranks them with a predicted conversion score before you spend, which is a useful way to shortlist images and headlines to feed a PMax asset group.

Key features:

\- Bulk static and display ad generation across sizes.

\- A conversion-score ranking to prioritize concepts pre-launch.

\- Brand kits and text generation for headlines and descriptions.

When you should try it: you need a steady stream of fresh statics and want a quick pre-spend quality signal.

Pricing: from $39/mo on monthly billing ($29/mo billed quarterly, $20/mo billed yearly); 7-day trial.

Limitations: the predicted score is a model estimate, not live performance, and quality can vary. Where Segwise generates from your own winning patterns, AdCreative.ai generates from prompts and templates.

Rating: Capterra 3.3/5 (169 reviews).

### 4\. Pencil - Best for AI video ads with prediction

[Pencil](https://trypencil.com/) generates static and video ads using brand assets and performance data, and predicts which are likely to win before launch. That makes it a fast way to produce the real video PMax's auto clips cannot match.

Key features:

\- Static and video ad generation from your brand assets.

\- Performance prediction across generated variations.

\- Multi-format output per creative concept.

When you should try it: you want video volume with a pre-launch quality read, especially to replace weak PMax auto video.

Pricing: from $14/mo.

Limitations: predictions are directional, and outputs still benefit from a human edit.

### 5\. Smartly - Best for enterprise creative automation

[Smartly](https://www.smartly.io/) is the enterprise creative automation platform for teams running large, always-on spend. It automates creative production and media buying together, which suits big advertisers layering PMax alongside heavy paid social. What sets it apart from the other enterprise tools here is that it is an ad-operations platform first: your team builds, launches, and buys the ads inside one system, rather than only measuring them.

Key features:

\- Programmatic creative automation at scale.

\- Combined creative production and media buying.

\- Template-driven variation for large catalogs.

When you should try it: you are a large brand or agency with the budget and volume to justify an enterprise contract.

Pricing: custom (enterprise).

Limitations: priced and scoped for enterprise, so it is overkill for smaller accounts.

Rating: Capterra 4.5/5 (13 reviews).

### 6\. Madgicx - Best for DTC Meta creative and optimization

[Madgicx](https://www.madgicx.com/) is a Meta-focused optimization platform with an AI Ad Generator tied to your ad-account data. DTC brands running Meta plus PMax use it to generate and manage social creative alongside automated budget optimization.

Key features:

\- AI Ad Generator that builds creative from account performance.

\- Autonomous budget optimization across ad sets.

\- Native connections to Meta, Google Ads, and Shopify.

When you should try it: you are a DTC brand centered on Meta and want creative plus optimization in one place.

Pricing: not published. The main plan is spend-banded and the price is revealed in-app after you pick a band; the Tracking Pro add-on is $49/mo.

Limitations: its core strength is Meta, so cross-network creative intelligence is thinner than Segwise. Pricing scales with your ad spend.

Rating: Capterra 4.3/5 (58 reviews).

### 7\. VidMob - Best for enterprise creative analytics

[VidMob](https://www.vidmob.com/) scores creative elements against performance for large advertisers, built as an enterprise creative-data platform. It is a heavyweight option for brands that want deep creative analytics as a managed engagement. Its real difference is the services layer: VidMob pairs the platform with its own human analysts who interpret the creative data and hand you recommendations, so you are buying a team as much as a tool.

Key features:

\- Creative scoring tied to performance data.

\- Cross-platform creative analytics.

\- Enterprise services and support.

When you should try it: you are a global brand that wants creative analytics delivered with hands-on support.

Pricing: custom (enterprise, usage-based).

Limitations: enterprise pricing and onboarding put it out of reach for smaller teams. Segwise delivers self-serve, always-on creative intelligence without an enterprise commitment.

### 8\. CreativeX - Best for brand and creative quality at scale

[CreativeX](https://www.creativex.com/) measures creative quality and brand-guideline adherence across huge volumes of ads, used by large global marketers to enforce consistency. It answers "is this on-brand and built to best practices," which complements performance analysis. Where VidMob analyzes creative after it runs, CreativeX works pre-flight: it scores ads for brand and quality compliance before they ship, so a global team can catch off-guideline creative across every market and agency before it spends a dollar.

Key features:

\- Creative quality scoring against best-practice guidelines.

\- Brand-consistency checks across markets.

\- Portfolio-level creative governance.

When you should try it: you are a multi-market brand policing creative quality across many teams and agencies.

Pricing: custom (enterprise).

Limitations: it grades quality and compliance, not tag-level performance drivers, and it is enterprise-only.

### 9\. Marpipe - Best for catalog ad testing

[Marpipe](https://www.marpipe.com/) has refocused on catalog and Dynamic Product Ads: it builds and tests variations of your product-feed creative (images, headlines, colors, CTAs) to find winning combinations. Its earlier standalone multivariate testing product is no longer sold separately.

Key features:

\- Multivariate testing of catalog ad variations.

\- Catalog and feed-driven creative generation.

\- Combination-level performance breakdowns.

When you should try it: you run catalog-heavy ecommerce ads and want rigorous, isolated creative tests.

Pricing: from $199/mo (Startup); Enterprise from $999/mo.

Limitations: the learning curve is steep, and it centers on catalog ads rather than cross-network intelligence.

### 10\. Foreplay - Best for ad inspiration and briefing

[Foreplay](https://www.foreplay.co/) is where teams collect competitor and inspiration ads and turn them into briefs. Its 100M+ ad library helps you decide what to generate before you feed PMax anything.

Key features:

\- Community-curated ad library with years of history.

\- Swipe-file organization and boards.

\- Briefing workflow to hand concepts to creators.

When you should try it: you want a strong research and briefing step upstream of production.

Pricing: $49/mo billed annually ($59 billed monthly); 7-day free trial.

Limitations: it is research and organization, not generation or performance analytics, so production and measurement live elsewhere.

### 11\. Creatopy (The Brief) - Best for scaling display and banner sizes

[Creatopy](https://www.creatopy.com/), now branded The Brief, turns one design into dozens of correctly sized banner and display formats. That is handy for PMax, which hungers for many image dimensions across its surfaces.

Key features:

\- One design auto-resized into many ad formats.

\- AI-assisted ad creation and a large template library.

\- Publishing to 25+ ad networks.

When you should try it: you want human control over layout while still scaling sizes quickly.

Pricing: Pro $29/mo billed annually, Ultra $79/mo billed annually; 7-day free trial, no free plan.

Limitations: it is a design and sizing tool, not a performance engine, so pair it with analytics.

Rating: Capterra 4.6/5 (285 reviews).

## Where this leaves your stack

Performance Max in 2026 can generate your text, images, logos, and video, but because it credits every asset in a converting ad with the full conversion, it still cannot tell you which creative actually drove the sale, and it only sees Google. That measurement gap is the real cost of the black box, and it is why performance teams pair PMax with their own creative stack. Different tools solve different pieces. Generators feed the campaign, and reporting tools clean up the numbers. A creative-intelligence layer does the harder job of explaining what actually works. [Segwise](https://segwise.ai/) sits at the center of that stack, tagging every creative element and mapping it to ROAS across 15+ ad networks and MMPs, Google Ads included, so PMax's convenience never has to come at the price of flying blind.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is Performance Max AI asset generation?

It is Google's built-in creative engine inside PMax. You give it a website URL and it generates four asset types: text (headlines, long headlines, and descriptions), images (via Asset Studio), logos and business name, and auto-generated video. You review and keep what fits. It is convenient, but per [Google's own documentation](https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/15235796) its asset report credits every asset in a converting ad with the full conversion, so you cannot isolate which one actually drove the sale, which is why teams add a creative-intelligence tool like Segwise or a reporting tool like Superads to understand what actually performed.

### What are the best tools to fix Performance Max's creative reporting gap in 2026?

The strongest options are Segwise, Superads, and AdCreative.ai. Segwise tags every creative element and maps it to ROAS across 15+ ad networks and MMPs, Google Ads included, giving the element-level view PMax's duplicated asset reporting cannot. Superads pulls Google Ads and PMax assets into a cross-channel reporting dashboard. AdCreative.ai generates high volumes of conversion-scored assets to feed the campaign. For most performance teams, Segwise covers the widest gap because it works across every network, not just Google.

### How do I see which Performance Max creative actually drives conversions?

Not cleanly, even inside PMax. Its asset report does show per-asset conversions and conversion value, but per [Google's own documentation](https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/15235796) every asset in a converting ad is credited with the full conversion, so the numbers double-count, cannot be summed, and will not give you a clean per-asset ROAS. No third-party tool changes that credit model. What a creative-intelligence layer does instead is learn the pattern: Segwise tags every creative element across the networks you run, Meta, TikTok, app networks, and Google, and maps those tags to ROAS, CTR, CVR, or whatever metric you optimize for, so you see which hooks, CTAs, and visual styles convert and apply that to what you feed PMax. Superads adds a creative score on top of platform data. Neither un-duplicates PMax's per-asset conversions, but both give you the element-level read PMax's Low, Good, and Best labels leave out.

### Does Performance Max generate video ads, and are they any good?

Yes, PMax auto-generates video (Google has announced Veo powers it, drawing on Merchant Center images plus generated text), and a "Create video" button lets you build video inside Google Ads. Quality is the concern: practitioners report auto-generated clips [underperform intentional video creative by a wide margin](https://www.groas.com/post/performance-max-auto-generated-video-assets-kill-performance). The practical move is to upload real footage and use a generator like Pencil for stronger video, then use Segwise to learn which video hooks and styles convert.

### What is the difference between PMax's built-in generation and a tool like AdCreative.ai or Segwise?

PMax generates assets and runs them, but it optimizes as a black box and reports creative at a coarse level. AdCreative.ai generates high volumes of scored static concepts from prompts and templates that you feed into PMax. Segwise is different again: it does not just generate, it tags every element and maps it to performance across networks, then generates net-new creative from your proven winners. In short, PMax runs the media, AdCreative.ai adds volume, and Segwise adds intelligence.

### Which tool is best for a mobile gaming or DTC team running PMax?

For mobile gaming, Segwise is the standout because it is the only tool in this list that tags playable ads, and it analyzes gameplay footage, hooks, and CTAs across Google, Meta, and app networks. For DTC brands centered on Meta, Madgicx pairs creative generation with budget optimization, while Segwise still adds the cross-network element-level intelligence that Meta-only tools miss. Many teams run Segwise alongside PMax and their social tools rather than choosing one.

### Is Performance Max AI asset generation available outside the US?

Partly. Full generative asset generation is rolling out gradually to accounts that meet Google's criteria, and parts of the feature set remain US-only, with global English coverage expanding. If you do not see the asset generation step yet, your account may not be eligible. Either way, the reporting gap applies everywhere, so a cross-network creative-intelligence tool like Segwise or a reporting tool like Superads is worth adding regardless of region.


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