Shopify News & Updates
Last updated October 23, 2026
Amazon replaces its budget Fire tablets with $230 to $550 Alexa tablets that run Google’s Android and shop from the screen
Meta tests an agentic ad assistant that builds and runs campaigns by chat and a Shopify checkout inside its Messenger agent
TikTok creators push cheap Meta AI glasses knockoffs on TikTok Shop by claiming they can record people without a warning light
TikTok Shop and UPS team up for box-free, label-free returns to remove buyer friction
Shopify opens checkout to any AI agent running in a shopper’s browser
Shopify introduces Canvas, a new way for merchants to design their stores with Sidekick
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Shopify launches Canvas, a visual workspace where merchants design their whole store with Sidekick, which now edits theme code
Swap Commerce acquires Vizby, a Shopify app that tracks how brands show up in ChatGPT and Gemini, in its first acquisition
Google tag, Meta Pixel, and Klaviyo are the most common Shopify scripts, and each adds up to a second of load work to a homepage
Meta launches Muse for Small Business, connecting its AI agent to Shopify, Stripe, QuickBooks, Klaviyo, and Meta ad accounts
Shopify buys the SHOP.COM domain from Market America, which moved its store to a rebuilt MarketAmerica.com running on Shopify
64% of Shopify and WooCommerce product pages have a critical accessibility failure, including stores using overlays, per a study by Dave Davies
UPS signs an exclusive deal making Happy Returns the box-free, label-free returns option for TikTok Shop sellers in the US
Shopify opens checkout to any browser-based AI agent, a week after giving Meta’s Muse agentic Shop Pay checkout on all its stores
Best Buy to launch a storefront on TikTok Shop in October
Shopify and PayPal partner with Muse for almost-agentic commerce
Common Thread Collective acquires TBAR Partners, a TikTok Shop agency for brands like HexClad, to add creator-led commerce
Amazon lets sellers manage eBay, Shopify, TikTok, and Walmart listings, orders, and profit reports from inside Seller Central
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