Issue 212 - Everything Shopify's Winter '26 Editions
Shopify's Winter '26 Edition Recording
Did you miss the big show? Sit back and watch it!
By Shopify Developers
Special Episode - Shopify Editions Winter '26 with Eytan Seidman
In this special edition of the Liquid Weekly Podcast, hosts Karl Meisterheim and Taylor Page are joined by Eytan Seidman, VP of Product at Shopify, to discuss the major announcements from Winter Editions '26. Eytan reveals how Shopify is rewiring the platform to be fully AI-native, democratizing access to the Catalog MCP for building agentic shopping experiences, and introducing App Intents for Sidekick, allowing apps to register capabilities that Sidekick can invoke directly from merchant queries.
By Liquid Weekly
Tobi - This is absolutely one of the craziest things that we have ever shipped
This is absolutely one of the craziest things that we have ever shipped. You can use rollouts to A/B test your new idea and wait some weeks for results… or just use SimGym to simulate your customer and get results right now
By tobi lutke
Just tested Shopify's new Sidekick app builder and I'm seriously impressed
Just tested Shopify's new Sidekick app builder and I'm seriously impressed Built a custom "Frequently Bought Together" analyzer in 10 minutes that: Analyzes 30/60/90 days of order data Finds top 5 product pairs for every item Saves to metafields for instant storefront use This is insane. Amazing work, hats of to the team
By Dennis
As an ex-app developer Here's my take on what survives in an AI first world
As an ex-app developer in the ecosystem but now internal at Shopify, here's my take on what survives in an AI-first world: - Apps providing distribution across merchants or buyers - Apps connecting discrete external services - Apps connecting multiple surfaces - Apps with regulatory or legal compliance - Apps where cost and complexity is still simpler and cheaper than the iterations it takes a staff member to perfect.
By Gil
Your dev experience now has full MCP support
Your dev experience now has full MCP support Use the the Shopify Dev MCP server to set up, code, and validate your app
By Shopify Developers
Metafields and metaobjects have new capabilities
Metafields and metaobjects have new capabilities Render storefronts faster, build with richer query filtering, and use higher entry limits
By Shopify Developers
Your apps can integrate with Sidekick
Your apps can integrate with Sidekick Build Sidekick app extensions to enable access to your app data directly from the chat
By Shopify Developers
Shopify Just Changed Everything... again 😳 Winter Editions '26 Recap
Shopify's Winter '26 Editions have just dropped, and it's a Renaissance of new features! We break down Shopify's biggest announcements and what they mean for your store.
By Helium
