Apple launches "Apple Business Connect" - a competitor to GBP for Apple's maps environment.

As of February 15th, you will no longer be able to specify price ranges or set custom calls to action in Products on your GBP. Single-priced items only. This makes it more awkward to list services in the Products section. …

Dentists can now run Local Service Ads in the US

Spotted by Colan Nielsen, Google is linking to the GBP profiles of businesses mentioned in stories appearing in Google Discover

First spotted by Joey Abna on Twitter, Google has added insights for Product Data.  Now showing up in the GBP profiles of clients that have products listed in their local knowledge panel.

Google has added a new feature to the New Merchant Experience (NMX), which is the new in-search editing interface, that allows a business to create a custom map to add to their website.