Google’s May core update has been completed. The company confirmed the update was complete on the Call Status Dashboard on June 2. Google announced this on X this morning, and the Search Status Dashboard has been updated to document the deployment process. The deployment took less than 12 days, and this update is based on the previous kernel update. Google March 2026 core updateIt felt bigger than.
The update began on May 21 at 8:40 a.m. PDT and ended on June 2 at 5:40 a.m. PDT (Pacific Daylight Time is a time zone used on the west coasts of the United States, Canada, and Mexico); This means a distribution period of 11 days and 21 hours. This is very close to the base update in March, which was completed in 12 days.
Here is the list of Google’s key updates in 2026
May 2026 Kernel Update: May 21, 2026 – June 2, 2026
March 2026 Kernel Update: March 27, 2026 – April 8, 2026
The rollout was complete as of June 2, 2026.
— Google Search Central (@googlesearchc) June 2, 2026
