- Shopify announced 150+ changes to its platform
- Many of the changes are AI-driven
- You can now use AI to generate site themes and edit blocks
Shopify, one of the best site builders, has just announced the Summer ’25 edition, a collection of larger, smaller and medium-sized upgrades across its platform. The company promises easier and more efficient operations, improved shopping experiences and more store adjustment as a result.
With the launch of Horizons, Shopify’s new design foundation, themes take the center. This includes the addition of 10 new store templates and an AI-driven block editor to help them make them your own. Alternatively, you can use the new AI large Theme Builder to create a theme from a simple description of your brand – even if you can only generate up to 3 personalized themes for free.
E -trading platform’s assistant, Sidekick, has seen a significant update to offer improved reasoning skills. According to Shopify, users will be able to ask things like “Why did the sale fall last month?” And get thorough analyzes with data from stock levels, marketing campaigns and seasonal trends.
Sidekick now also supports 20 languages, can be voice -controlled and can be used to generate images.
‘Multiplier of Human Ambition’
Other updates include the launch of AI-shopping agents (connection products for conversation platforms such as confusion), Shopify Checkout in Roblox (which allows your customers to discard physical products in the digital world of Roblox) and Shopify Knowledge Base app that automatically generates AI-readable FAQs based on the store’s policy and settings.
Shopify has also introduced Storefront MCP, a feature that allows developers to build AI agents that can make product recommendations based on a shopping intention. They can answer questions, create wagons and guide shoppers for the box.
“At Shopify, we believe that AI is a large multiplier of human ambition that reinforces what is possible when entrepreneurs dream big,” the company said in its blog post. “That’s why we weave powerful and intuitive AI tools for all parts of our platform, so that building your business feels as natural as chatting about your dreams over coffee.”
As part of Shopify’s two -year updates, there are more than 150 changes to the platform. So if you are a Shopify user, we recommend reading through it all here to find out how the updates can help you.
