---
title: "Google Maps Platform PlaceContentConfigElement deprecated: 2026-10-22 | Harbyn"
description: "Google Maps Platform PlaceContentConfigElement deprecated, announced Oct 22, 2026; replacement: PlaceDetailsElement, PlaceDetailsCompactElement, PlaceSearchElement."
canonical: "https://harbyn.com/changes/google-maps/2026-10-22-placecontentconfigelement-deprecated"
last-updated: 2026-10-25
---

# Google Maps Platform PlaceContentConfigElement deprecated

Markdown version of <https://harbyn.com/changes/google-maps/2026-10-22-placecontentconfigelement-deprecated>.

Deprecation - Google Maps Platform. low severity. In effect.

PlaceContentConfigElement is deprecated. Add content elements directly to PlaceDetailsElement or PlaceDetailsCompactElement, or inside a template with slot="details-item" in PlaceSearchElement.

## Facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | [Google Maps Platform](https://harbyn.com/vendors/google-maps.md) |
| Kind | Deprecation |
| Severity | low |
| Status | In effect |
| Announced | Oct 22, 2026 |
| Added to Harbyn | Oct 25, 2026 |
| Lead time | No dated deadline |
| Symbols | `PlaceContentConfigElement` |
| Replacement | `PlaceDetailsElement`, `PlaceDetailsCompactElement`, `PlaceSearchElement` |
| Review | Reviewed by a person, extracted by a model |

## Find it in your code

```sh
npx harbyn scan
```

This change names no identifier the scanner can match line by line, so the scan tells you whether your repository uses Google Maps Platform, from its packages and API hosts. Nothing leaves your machine.

## Sources

Where this event comes from: the page we read, when we read it, and the hash of that snapshot.

- <https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/releases> (changelog, fetched 2026-10-23 14:15 UTC, sha256 `dde51014b9611c4b064c9cb97300fb1891a1e0009ea7d547ecb84805c1c2045a`)

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