Clarification on Using Detailed Demographics, Life Events, Custom Audiences & Combined Audiences at Ad Group Level (API v19)

[Abhishek Singh]

Hi Team,

I’d like to confirm whether it’s possible to push the following audience types at the Ad Group level using the Google Ads API v19:

detailed_demographics

life_events

custom_audience

combined_audience

If this is supported, could you please share the recommended process and confirm if the below Java snippet is along the right lines?

// Example: Attaching an audience to an AdGroup
AdGroupCriterion adGroupCriterion = AdGroupCriterion.newBuilder()
.setAdGroup(ResourceNames.adGroup(customerId, adGroupId))
.setStatus(AdGroupCriterionStatus.ENABLED)
.setAudience(
AudienceInfo.newBuilder()
// Replace with the audience type ID
// For example: detailed demographics, life event, custom audience, etc.
.setAudience(ResourceNames.audience(customerId, audienceId))
.build()
)
.build();


AdGroupCriterionOperation operation = AdGroupCriterionOperation.newBuilder()
.setCreate(adGroupCriterion)
.build();


try (AdGroupCriterionServiceClient adGroupCriterionServiceClient =
googleAdsClient.getLatestVersion().createAdGroupCriterionServiceClient()) {
MutateAdGroupCriteriaResponse response =
adGroupCriterionServiceClient.mutateAdGroupCriteria(
String.valueOf(customerId), Arrays.asList(operation));
System.out.printf("Created ad group criterion with resource name: %s%n",
response.getResults(0).getResourceName());
}

Could you confirm if this approach works for:

detailed_demographics

life_events

custom_audience

combined_audience

Or if there are any specific constraints or additional setup steps needed for these audience types?

Thanks in advance for your support!

Best regards,

Abhishek Singh