Meta5 stories · last updated 14 October 2026

Meta ads news: what changed, and your next move.

Meta changes how Facebook and Instagram ads work all the time: placements, targeting, creative tools and reporting. Here’s every change that matters for a Shopify brand, and what we’d do about it.

How we play it

Creative diversity drives performance. More angles beat more edits.

The latest move

Meta's AI ads assistant now remembers goals and tests brand guides

Write down your brand properly now, so Meta's AI works from your rules, not its guesses.

Do this this week
  • Write your audience, buying reasons and tone of voice into one document Meta's AI can read
  • Open the assistant in Ads Manager and ask it to summarise last month's results against your goals
  • Check whether your account has the brand guideline import yet, and test it on one campaign
  • Keep approvals switched on for any budget or targeting change the assistant suggests

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