John Mueller of Google posted on Mastodon: "We're still processing the status for XML sitemaps in Search Console, but I have nothing new to announce at this time."
Barry Schwartz reported on Search Engine Roundtable that Google is actively working on updating the processing status for XML sitemaps within Search Console.
A new help document from Google titled "Why split your XML sitemap file" was indexed, detailing guidance on breaking large sitemaps into multiple files.
Semrush published an updated guide on submitting a sitemap to Google, outlining the current three-step process in Google Search Console.
The Search Engine Journal article cited Google's John Mueller explaining that the search engine may not use a submitted sitemap if it finds the site's internal linking to be sufficient.
Hostinger published a new best practices article listing current methods for submitting websites to search engines, including Google and Bing.