The new integration lets you embed a Mixpanel preview in FigJam to bring data into your whiteboarding sessions. File previews are automatically synced with Mixpanel so the latest data changes in Mixpanel will be reflected in FigJam.

Comments now support rich text (bolding, italicizing, strikethroughs, links, and lists), and notifications are batched for all comment threads you’re not actively involved in.

“Customers can collaborate confidently with agencies and companies, knowing that the right company can own the work. Customers on Professional, Organization, and Enterprise plans can now transfer teams and projects from one company to another in a few clicks, and customers on Organization and Enterprise plans can receive transfers.”

Review and fix spelling errors without relying on plugins! Works with any language supported on your operating system. Developer Advocate Jake Albaugh shared that they’re also moving the text review API out of beta — now plugins can highlight text and make suggestions (more on this below). See also early ideas for this launch that helped shape the concept but didn’t make it to the final campaign from Brand Designer Remilla Ty. For tips on using a spell checker, check out a short thread by Molly Hellmuth.

“You can create connections from multiple objects to the same destination frame at once — saving you time and effort when building out your prototype flows. To do so, select multiple starting hotspots on your canvas, then click and drag the + icon to the destination.” See Nikolas Klein showing the feature in action, or watch “Office hours: Prototyping like a Pro” below for a deep dive.

This update is a big deal for many folks as well. You can now select from multiple keyboard layout options so that Figma shortcuts are better mapped to your system keyboard.

Marcin Wichary introduces twelve editor improvements. Numeric scaling is the obvious highlight and something many of us have been waiting for, but a new dialog for creating Styles and preserved formatting when copying/pasting text are great too!

“Figma prototypes are now accessible for screen readers. Learn how to turn on accessibility mode and how Figma design elements are translated to HTML for screen readers to interpret and understand the content and interactive elements in a design file.”

“Tune in to learn about some new features across FigJam and Figma that’ll help teams collaborate better and turn their big ideas into real products, faster. From creative new ways to jam together and drive decision-making in FigJam, to some long-awaited features in Figma, turning ideas into action just got easier — and more fun.”

Organize content with sections to help teammates navigate through busy Figma files. A section is a default top-level element on the canvas and its own layer type is used primarily for organizing files and grouping designs. Additionally, sections allow you to organize prototypes and preserve their state, as Miggi shows in one video and Anthony in another. See also Sho Kuwamoto’s notes on the controversy surrounding launching this feature.

All models of iPhone 14, the new MacBook Air, and TV.

Announcement from Figma: “We’re launching new features to help teams move work forward. Join us for a livestream Tuesday, Oct 25 at 9AM PST to be the first to try them out for yourself!”

“Rolling out over the next few weeks, you have the option to purchase a new Professional plan in your local currency or USD if you are located in Japan, Europe, UK, and Canada.”

Two more updates to prototypes: drag to select multiple interactions to edit or delete all at once, and create interactions from any edge of an object for easier-to-read prototypes.

When you open a new tab in the desktop app you'll now see your recent files, making it easier to pick up where you left off.

Now you can incorporate videos into Figma prototypes for richer, more realistic experiences. Videos can be viewed on any Figma plan, but only users on paid plans can upload new videos into files. See the playground file for more details.

Moving styles between files are now easier — now you can just cut and paste them.

Use ⌘-F or Ctrl-F to trigger the search box. Fantastic update! This is a critical “must-have” feature, so I used to rely on Jackie Chui’s popular Find and Replace plugin. Fun fact: Jackie joined Figma and worked on the native feature as well. He’s even got a kind warning from Figma that his plugin is going to become obsolete soon. Love to see this kind of respect for the developers community from Figma.

You can now use Spotlight while viewing prototypes, which is a great way to present without sharing a screen. There are also some performance improvements to the initial load time of prototypes.

Updates to a new file screen in FigJam: “Instantly populate your file with the building blocks needed to host a brainstorm, create a flowchart, or craft a meeting agenda with the new quick start guide in FigJam files.”