Shopify rebuilds its mobile app with a native design system
The iOS and Android apps launch faster, and Android launch time is cut by more than half.
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The iOS and Android apps launch faster, and Android launch time is cut by more than half.
Shopify checks barcodes against the GS1 registry and offers to mark real GTINs, with bulk accept or dismiss, and nothing blocks saving.
Staff need a new Admin permission, and a Write-offs by order report is available on all stores to track the waived amounts.
Plus merchants can try the new variant editor in Test Drives now, with automatic opt-in on December 12 and a wider rollout starting in December.
Autopilot builds and runs ad campaigns from a budget and guardrails, now with SEO suggestions merchants approve, and is open to every Shopify merchant.
Shopify's new channel mapping page lets merchants change field sources, combine fields, override values per product and bulk edit listings.
Merchants can report on marketing emails sent, loyalty rewards redeemed and more, in Analytics or ShopifyQL, for apps that support app events.
SimGym can now test full shopping journeys, product discovery and add-to-cart confidence, with numbered markers and playback videos behind each recommendation.
Merchants can add subscription app products to draft orders, then send an invoice so customers review and pay at checkout.
The trigger can monitor up to 5 product fields, such as tags, metafields and prices, and starts a Flow workflow when any of them changes.
Flow now checks each workflow step against staff admin permissions, while existing workflows keep running and current Flow users keep access.
Only installed apps with supported Sidekick extensions, the right permissions and usable shared data feed into Shopify's Admin suggestions.
Sidekick combines store data with public web information to suggest actions, which appear on the Shopify admin home when available.
Sidekick builds a draft theme change and compares it with the live storefront using simulated shoppers, not real traffic or live A/B tests.
The faster search in the redesigned desktop admin covers pages, resources, settings and installed apps, and opens with command+k or control+k.
Bubble maps size clusters of shipping or billing addresses by orders or sales, in reports and dashboard cards for anyone with Analytics reports access.
Pre-built abandoned browse, cart and checkout templates are available in Messaging > Automations, and WhatsApp can be added to custom automations.
Shopify POS v11.17 links digital-receipt purchases to customer profiles for shoppers known from other Shopify Payments stores.
Auto-sync translates new and updated store content weekly for US and Canadian merchants, and Shopify now covers up to 8 languages instead of 2.
Stores with over 1,000 facts in the old app must add the ones they want to keep before it closes on January 15, 2027.
Merchants need to do nothing, and Shopify Plus stores can hide the default footer and add their own policy links with Checkout UI extensions.
Sidekick prepares related store edits as a draft set of up to 50 changes, which can be reviewed, revised, then published or discarded together.
Early access for certain merchants: Managed Markets sets Standard and Express rates per destination and covers later FedEx and DHL Express label adjustments.
Sidekick in the Shopify admin can now produce illustrations, icons and other graphics with no solid background when the prompt asks for one.
Shopify will block EU-bound labels for parcels of €150 or less if items lack the identifiers customs requires from November 1, 2026.
Orders over £135 routed to a non-UK location are now treated as imports with no VAT at checkout, even if the store also has a UK location.
Rollouts can now activate, deactivate or swap catalogs on a schedule, test offers between them, and ship alongside theme and checkout changes.
Checkouts that offer four or fewer payment methods and meet certain display criteria get tiles, while all other setups keep the list view.
Design a Shopify store right in the chat, then use Claude Duet to stay on top of how it’s performing.
Merchants can add trusted domains in Online Store Preferences from October 21 so customers skip the prompt for sites such as booking tools.