What is Shopify Editions Summer 2025?
Shopify publishes a concentrated feature update twice a year under the Shopify Editions label. The summer edition 2025 is called “Horizons” and aims to open up new sales horizons for retailers – from AI-supported store design to checkout in the metaverse. This article summarizes all the core features and shows you how to use them for growth, conversion optimization and international expansion.
What is new, among other things?
1. Themes & Design-Freedom - Horizon Themes & AI-Layout
- Ten fresh premium themes (e.g. Ritual, Atelier) with a focus on performance (< 1 s LCP).
- AI block generator: Describe the desired layout via prompt – Shopify builds sections or complete landing pages automatically.
- New Theme Editor v3: Hover preview, right-click shortcuts, copy & paste for sections and conditional settings save up to 40% setup time.
2. sidekick 2.0 (Shopify AI) - Multilingual growth assistant
- Multi-step reasoning: Sidekick suggests contextualized growth plans based on live metrics.
- Image generation & 20 languages: Create product photos on-the-fly and scale marketing texts globally.
- Mobile app integration: Voice chat with Sidekick directly in the Shopify admin.
Practical tip
Use Sidekick to prepare A/B tests for landing pages and instantly compare live traffic data.
3. Retail & POS v10 - omnichannel without friction
- Error-tolerant search and faster navigation reduce waiting time at the checkout counter.
- Mixed shopping baskets (shipping + collection) in one payment flow.
- Brandable customer displays & store credit refunds directly at the POS.
4. Checkout & payments - speed + flexibility
- Flat rate for split shipping – prevents shopping cart abandonment.
- Shopify Checkout in Roblox: First native commerce flow in a gaming universe.
- Store Pay installs now also in Canada & improved Apple Pay performance (-2 sec.).
5. Global Commerce - New countries, new opportunities
- Shopify Payments rolls out in 16 new countries (e.g. Greece, Mexico, Poland).
- Payouts in up to eight currencies minimize exchange rate losses.
- Import duties & taxes in the checkout now also for non-plus plans.
6. Marketing & store app - data-driven growth
- ShopifyQL Segments 2.0 with geo-targeting & templates.
- New campaign view bundles multichannel KPIs, QR codes & UTM links.
- Store app upgrade: real-time product recommendations & automatic PDP sync.
7. B2B suite - markets, catalogs & integrations
- Markets function now for B2B incl. separate catalogs, themes & currencies.
- EU/UK-USt-IdNr.-validation, minimum order values & vouchers in the B2B checkout.
- NetSuite-Connector plus 9 additional apps close process gaps.
8. Shipping & operations - accelerate fulfillment
- Pick lists, barcode scanning & multi-transfer tracking.
- Up to 250 labels in one go & new EU carriers (SEUR, BRT).
- Shopify Capital now in Germany for fast liquidity.
9. Developer experience - next-gen platform
- Dev stores for every plan, local coding without tunnels & in-browser tests.
- Storefront web components & MCP agents for headless setups.
- Standardized Polaris UI & AI-supported functions docs.
Conclusion
The Shopify Summer 2025 Editions catapult your store into new spheres. Start with the Horizon themes, activate Sidekick 2.0 for data-based growth experiments and check which checkout or B2B features can be monetized directly.
