Another gigantic one with 150+ updates - Shopify Winter Editions 2026 is called the Renaissance Edition - there's some clever stuff, not to mention the stunning presentation which we urge you to check it out here.
150+ updates is a lot to absorb so we've gone through and summarised what we feel are the most pertinent ones relevant to our clients.
SIDEKICK
- Multiple sidekick improvements to assist with workflows
- Sidekick Pulse gives you personalised recommendations and next steps to improve your store
- Build a custom app for your store
- Create custom Flows with Shopify Flow app
- Create theme design updates
- Change images by updating backgrounds, removing elements or increasing canvas size.
SHOPIFY AGENTIC STOREFRONTS
- Manage how your brand appears to the millions of users shopping in AI chats. Your products are discoverable right in ChatGPT, Copilot, and Perplexity, with other channels coming soon.
(COMING SOON) ROLLOUTS
- Schedule theme changes and A/B test with Rollouts, built directly into the admin.
(COMING SOON) THEMES & MORE
- Make changes to products, collections, markets, metafields, and more, all without leaving your workflow in the theme editor and across the admin
- Unlisted product status - hide products from search results, collections, and more, while keeping them accessible with a direct URL
- Customer sign-in with social accounts - get customers to sign in to your store with Google or Facebook
- No more 100 variant limits - create products with up to 2048 variants to manage and merchandise more diverse catalogues
- Collections improvements - duplicate collections and exclude products from smart collections using conditional logic
- Unit pricing for all - display prices by weight, volume, length, or quantity in metric, imperial, or counts, now available globally.
SIMULATE CUSTOMER BEHAVIOUR
- Simulate shopper behaviour with AI agents that use data from billions of purchases, and get actionable recommendations before going live - see here
POS IMPROVEMENTS
- The POS Hub gives you the reliability of wired connections with the processing power of a computer
- Markets for retail - set unique prices and publish products per retail location and online.
Exclusive to POS Pro - CHECKOUTS, PAYMENTS ETC
- Checkout and accounts customisation per market - customise your checkout and customer account pages for different countries and B2B buyers directly in the editor
- Shop Pay Installments in the UK - offer Shop Pay's Buy Now, Pay Later in the UK with terms up to 24 months
- In-progress fulfillment status - mark orders as in progress, add timeline notes, run bulk actions, and manage statuses in a redesigned fulfillment card
- More global shipping carriers - buy shipping labels directly in the admin for Royal Mail in the UK.
Do get in touch if need any help with customising your Shopify Store. Either give us a call on 01242 236600 or drop us an email.
