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| 2019 || October 28 || || {{w|Google}} announces that Search would stop supporting {{w|Adobe Flash}} by the end of the year. In web pages with Flash content, Google would ignore the Flash content. Search would also stop indexing standalone {{w|SWF}} files.<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Search to stop supporting Flash content |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-search-to-stop-supporting-flash-content/ |website=zdnet.com |accessdate=8 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Goodbye, Flash |url=https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2019/10/goodbye-flash.html |website=webmasters.googleblog.com |accessdate=8 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || November 14 || || "{{w|Google search is launching Search}} launches a new feature that will let lets users check their pronunciation of unfamiliar words with the help of {{w|machine learning}}."<ref>{{cite web |title=Google search will now give you feedback on your pronunciation |url=https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/14/20964401/google-search-pronunciation-guide-feedback-machine-learning-ai |website=theverge.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google Search now helps you pronounce ‘quokka’ |url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/14/google-search-now-helps-you-pronounce-quokka/ |website=techcrunch.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google's search results can now help you pronounce tricky words |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/google-search-word-pronounciation-tool-how-to-use-2019-11 |website=businessinsider.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || November 26 || || "Google has announced the launch of new features to the shopping experience on Search: automatic updations of listings on Google My Business and local language support on the shopping experience."<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Search gets new shopping-centric features |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/google-announces-new-features-to-the-shopping-experience-on-search/articleshow/72246004.cms |website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google brings new features to ease shopping experience on Search |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/google-brings-new-features-to-ease-shopping-experience-on-google-search-6138201/ |website=indianexpress.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref>
| 2019 || December 5 || || "Google Search to Integrate Package Tracking" "A good example of this is the track package feature, a feature that incorporates a lot of different companies that you can check out and make sure that you are able to track the package that is shipping the product that you have purchased from said company." "This feature is going to be integrated into Google search, which means that now there will be a card below the search bar that can be used to find specific tracking details. All you would have to do is enter the company name followed by “package tracking”. For example, if the product you have purchased is from Amazon then your search query is going to be “Amazon package tracking”."<ref>{{cite web |title=Google Search to Integrate Package Tracking |url=https://www.digitalinformationworld.com/2019/12/google-search-to-integrate-package-tracking.html |website=digitalinformationworld.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google is Working on Adding Package Tracking to Search Results |url=https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-is-working-on-adding-package-tracking-to-search-results/338967/ |website=searchenginejournal.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google Search prepares for better package tracking integration |url=https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/12/05/google-search-prepares-for-better-package-tracking-integration/ |website=androidpolice.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Package tracking is coming to Google Search |url=https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/05/package-tracking-is-coming-to-google-search/ |website=venturebeat.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || December 5 || || "Google’s Google updates its search quality evaluator guidelines were updated on Thursday, December 5. The revisions emphasized diversity, impartiality and pertained to language referring to users."<ref>{{cite web |title=Google search quality guidelines update emphasizes users of diverse backgrounds |url=https://searchengineland.com/google-quality-raters-guidelines-update-december-2019-326048 |website=searchengineland.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref>
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| 2019 || December 9 || || Google announces that its natural language processing algorithm BERT would be released in over 70 languages globally. Untill then, the algorithm was only applied to featured snippets in languages other than English.<ref>{{cite web |title=BERT is rolling out to Google search in over 70 languages |url=https://searchengineland.com/bert-is-rolling-out-to-google-search-in-over-70-languages-326146 |website=searchengineland.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=BERT Is Rolling Out To Google Search In Over 70 Languages |url=https://thrivesearch.com/bert-is-rolling-out-to-google-search-in-over-70-languages/ |website=thrivesearch.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google: BERT is now rolling out to over 70 languages worldwide |url=https://blog.seoprofiler.com/google-bert-is-now-rolling-out-to-over-70-languages-worldwide/ |website=blog.seoprofiler.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Google’s BERT Rolls Out Worldwide |url=https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-bert-rolls-out-worldwide/339359/ |website=searchenginejournal.com |accessdate=7 January 2020}}</ref>
