Product Updates

☀️ This morning, @Ana_Boyer, Josh Ferrell, and @Ryhan_Hassan shared in a livestream how Figma evolved from its first set of design tokens into a full system using Figma variables as our source of truth! 🙌

We’re thrilled to share the Oct '24 Release Notes Livestream! Discover the latest features launching this October 🚢 See changes to variables in branch reviewx.com

You can now organize your pages any way you want: Turn a page into a page divider with hyphens, en/em dashes, asterisks, or spaces Hold shift to select multiple pages and move them around twitter.com

For users on a Starter or Professional team, we’re relocating where your drafts live. Starting this week, you’ll be asked to move your drafts into a team space. If you’re on a Starter or Pro team, here’s what to expect: Your drafts are now in a space called “Drafts to move.” You can move your drafts at once into the appropriate teams—or create a free Starter team for all your drafts. When you move your drafts to a team, they will still be private. You will still be able to create and edit drafts free of charge. You may not see this prompt immediately, as we’ll be rolling out this update over the next few days. Check out the video, below, for a walk-through of this update.

We debuted our first Release Notes livestream on October 1st. @miggi and @Kaitie_Chambers dropped all of the new features and recapped everything we shipped in September! 🚀 New Apple and Google device frames in Figma If you haven’t gotten that new iPhone 16 yet, don’t worry, we have the next best thing: new device frames for recent iPhones, Apple Watches, and Android phones. x.com New FigJam shape picker We made finding shapes easier: Search for a specific shape by name. Toggle through shapes with tab and arrow keys We also give the shapes you use most the VIP treatment by prioritizing them to the to

You asked—we listened! 🎉 We shipped 10 updates to Figma Slides in 10 days based on your feedback: Layers panel in grid mode: adjust layers in slide mode and grid mode. x.com

Figma has a number of features under development that are available to users in beta. In this article, find out which beta features are available, what they are, their beta types, and how to access each one. Beta types refer to the level of access. These include: Beta / Open beta: All Figma users can join the beta Closed beta: Only users who receive an invite can join the beta Limited beta: The beta is available to all Figma users, but is limited to a certain number of beta users Figma Slides open beta Figma Slides is the first presentation tool built for designers and their teammates. Figma Slides pairs the power and precision of Figma Design with easy-to-use presentation tools to bring your narrative to life and drive alignment.

LET’S TALK ABOUT THE NEW FEATURES WE ANNOUNCED AT CONFIG 2024! 🎉 Figma AI ✨ Explore different ways to express your vision, find the inspiration you need from your team’s work, and get the tedious tasks done fast so you can take your designs to new heights. AI tools in Figma Design can be found in the Actions menu in the toolbar. Use AI tools in Figma to: Make designs: Transform ideas into editable designs in a couple of minutes. This helps you explore a wider range of design possibilities and iterations quickly, and reduces

You asked for them, & now, tables for FigJam are here! Learn all about tables in FigJam here:Figma

Typography variables now include scoping, a follow up from Framework Scoping a variable allows you to limit which properties it can be applied to. This gives you better control over where the variable can be used and cuts out the guesswork when designing. For example, if you scope a number variable to font size, you’ll only be able to apply the variable to font size. x.com We’ve clarified the mechanics of copying and pasting an object bound to local variables No longer automatically populating a file with local variables by default unless a user specifies Introducing an interstitial tooltip (B) that requires the user to confirm before bringing along any local variables. Check out the Variables Playground file → https://figma.bot/VariablesPlayground

On the Enterprise plan, workspace admins can now brand the workspaces they manage to reflect their group by adding custom icons to workspaces. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=Add%20custom%20icons%20to%20workspaces

We’re excited to announce that we’ve made FigJam compatible with screen readers. Users that rely on screen reader technology can now interact with FigJam boards by: reading out content, including board hierarchy, shapes with text, stickies, tables, and image alt text moving focus around the canvas and into different menus creating and editing content, such as any editable text or comments using a screen reader or keyboard short

Monthly payout statements are now available in your Community profile. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=Download%20Payout%20Statements%20in%20Community

Figma just dropped Code Connect to help map more closely to code, Variables is out of beta(adding typography and gradients), and more! 🎉 Code Connect Beta: Code Connect is a tool for design systems teams to bring component code directly into Dev Mode. Now, when developers inspect a component, they can see production-ready code snippets from your library. Currently in Beta Enterprise or Organization plans only To learn more, check out the help center article here! twitter.com Library Analytics API Beta: Now, your team can access Figma library data outside of the app, so you can organize the data based on your organization’s needs. This will include component insertio

Introducing a simpler way to edit multiple objects! 🎉 Now you can: Select matching layers faster Accurately resize and align objects to their frames Batch edit text boxes across frames Easily make changes across all variants in a component set and so much more!

🆕 Make your best design ideas feel real, faster with 15+ updates to prototyping, along with other new features in Figma that will help you simplify your workflows! See below for the full list and check out our Help Center articles to have more information. ✨ Device Frames ✨ The inline viewer now shows mobile prototypes in a draggable, resizable device frame (iPhone, iPad, Watch, etc). Learn more: Set prototype device and background settings and Play your prototypes ✨ Editing Speed Improvements ✨ Copy and Paste / Delete Noodles: When noodles are selected, a user can copy and paste the noodle (and the associ

Starting today, Figma Enterprise customers have the option to host key parts of their Figma and FigJam files in the EU. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=Host%20Figma%20and%20FigJam%20files%20in%20the%20EU

Now you can map out more detailed processes without sacrificing polish with our latest diagramming improvements. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=Build%20polished%20flowcharts%20faster%20and%20with%20new%20icons%20and%20shapes

The quickest way to get the best content from Figma is Shortcut, our newly redesigned blog. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=Introducing%20Shortcut%2C%20Figma%27s%20new%20blog

ICYMI, at Config, our annual user conference, we announced exciting updates to bring design and development closer together in Figma. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=New%20at%20Config%202023%3A%20Dev%20Mode%2C%20variables%2C%20advanced%20prototyping%2C%20and%20more

Now you can easily save your favorite resources from Community to use in your design files and FigJam boards. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=Save%20your%20favorite%20Community%20resources

You can now design in either sRGB or Display P3 in Figma on both desktop and web. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=Display%20P3%20color%20management

You can now embed videos in FigJam. MP4 and MOV files are both supported. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=Videos%20in%20FigJam

Variables was launched at our annual Config conference to help designers implement themes and tokens into their design systems. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=Variables%20fast-follow%20updates

With Jambot, you can bring the power of ChatGPT directly into FigJam to help you spark a first draft and make progress faster. This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.figma.com/release-notes/?title=Introducing%20Jambot%2C%20a%20new%20way%20to%20interact%20with%20ChatGPT%20right%20in%20FigJam