Slide / Changelog

What’s new

We ship every week. Major releases get a dot, bug fixes get a tag. Follow along.

AI Chat v2 — context-aware upsells, now in beta

March 12, 2026

3.2 — Context Chat Major

New

AI Chat v2 beta. The assistant now reads the shopper’s cart, browse history, and product tags to recommend bundles in real time. Typical AOV lift in pilot stores: +12%.

New

Custom instructions. Write plain-English rules for how the chat should handle sizing, returns, or out-of-stock items. Overrides pull from Shopify metafields.

Improved

Typing indicator now matches your brand font and accent color automatically.

February 27, 2026

3.1.3

Fix

Cart drawer no longer flashes on slow 3G when a shopper adds three items in a row.

Fix

Shop Pay button renders correctly in Hebrew and Arabic locales (RTL layout).

Improved

Upsell module loads 40% faster on mobile by deferring non-visible product images.

February 14, 2026

3.1 — Redo & Loop

New

Redo returns integration. One-click enable — the return coverage checkbox appears in the cart drawer automatically.

New

Loop Returns merchants can now deep-link exchanges from the cart.

Improved

Free-shipping progress bar animates smoothly when shoppers toggle quantity.

January 30, 2026

3.0 — Predictive Search Major

New

Predictive search. Sub-50ms results, synonyms tuned per store, and thumbnail-rich suggestions that work on mobile.

New

Search analytics in the admin — zero-result queries, click-through rate, and top terms over time.

Improved

Theme editor integration: drop Slide’s search block anywhere using the Shopify 2.0 sections API.

January 8, 2026

2.8.4

Fix

Resolved an edge case where gift-card line items showed a phantom $0.00 tax row.

Improved

Admin now surfaces which theme sections include Slide — no more hunting through Liquid.

December 18, 2025

2.8 — Holiday hardening

Improved

Cart drawer survives Shopify’s Black Friday traffic spikes — stress-tested to 12k req/s.

New

Gift message field in the cart, toggleable per store.

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