Google Announces Retirement of Core Web Vitals CrUX Dashboard in Late 2025

Google has revealed plans to discontinue its CrUX Dashboard, a popular Looker Studio-based visualization tool for Core Web Vitals data, by November 2025. As organizations increasingly focus on maximizing website performance for better user experience, this announcement marks a significant shift in performance monitoring tools.

The move reflects Google's broader strategy to improve its web performance monitoring tools while addressing growing user demands. The current dashboard, despite its widespread adoption among developers and SEO professionals, has faced significant operational challenges, particularly during monthly data updates.

Technical Limitations Drive Change

The CrUX Dashboard's infrastructure has struggled to maintain reliable service, experiencing frequent outages during peak usage periods. These disruptions typically occurred around the second Tuesday of each month when new data was published, highlighting the platform's scalability limitations.

Understanding these changes is crucial for businesses tracking essential website KPIs and performance metrics.

"The dashboard wasn't designed for wide-scale use," according to Google's Chrome team announcement. This admission underscores the need for more robust solutions to handle increasing user demand.

Modern Alternatives and Solutions

Google has already implemented several improvements to address these challenges:

• The CrUX History API, launched earlier, provides weekly data updates instead of monthly ones
• CrUX Vis, introduced in 2024, offers improved scalability and faster performance
• Current usage statistics show CrUX Vis attracting 4-5 times more users than the original dashboard

For businesses looking to stay competitive, exploring essential Google tools for business growth becomes increasingly important.

Impact on Users and Future Access

When the November 2025 shutdown occurs, the CrUX Connector to BigQuery will be discontinued, affecting dependent dashboards. Users wishing to maintain access to historical data will need to establish direct BigQuery connections using their credentials.

The underlying BigQuery dataset will continue to receive updates and support, maintaining data accessibility for technical users. However, Google has firmly stated that requests to extend the shutdown timeline into 2026 cannot be accommodated.

For more detailed information about Core Web Vitals and their significance, visit Google's Web Vitals documentation.

Organizations should begin evaluating their current performance monitoring setup and planning their transition to alternative tools well before the November 2025 deadline. Development teams can leverage the CrUX History API for more frequent performance monitoring needs, while companies heavily reliant on Core Web Vitals data should prepare necessary technical adjustments to ensure continuous access to critical performance metrics.