Shopify just rolled out Canvas, a visual workspace powered by its AI agent, Sidekick. Instead of wrestling with theme code or static panels, merchants can pan across all pages at once, zoom into details, and chat with Sidekick to edit live code in real time. Sidekick even reviews screenshots of its own work to refine layouts. Why it matters: It turns bespoke storefront design from a multi-week coding slog into an interactive creative session.
Shopify just rolled out an AI store builder that lets merchants generate an entire storefront from a single prompt, alongside a new AI-integrated theme called Horizon. Its commerce assistant Sidekick also picked up voice chat, screen sharing, and mobile app support. Why it matters: Merchants can now bypass coding entirely to spin up and tweak storefronts on the fly.
Shopify just revealed Sidekick, a conversational AI chatbot built directly into the merchant dashboard sidebar. The assistant taps into your store's live data to explain sales trends, answer setup questions, and even tweak website themes via chat. Shopify says the feature is coming soon to sellers.
