New component property features in open beta: exposed nested instances for more customization, preferred values for more clarity when instance swapping, and simplified instances for more focus on relevant properties.

“You can now review, respond, and leave feedback to comments from your phone or tablet.”

“The Figma app allows your team to riff on ideas together in real-time, present designs to get stakeholder feedback, and share the latest updates with everyone — without ever leaving Microsoft Teams.” See also the conversation with Jon Friedman, Corporate VP of Design & Research at Microsoft, about collaboration, the importance of design systems and toolchains in freeing up time for ambitious work, and why it’s worth it to change a company’s culture — even if it’s hard.

Nice improvement to the search — now you can find files based on page and frame names, in addition to the underlying text.

Undo and redo faster in FigJam iPad mobile app: two-finger tap to undo, three-finger tap to redo, and three-finger swipe left/​right to undo/​redo.

Jam seamlessly in FigJam iPad mobile app with Observation mode and Spotlight.

Find more stickers by right-clicking on one to reveal a link to the parent library.

Now you can use copy and paste to quickly replace image fills in FigJam.

Experience a more responsive Apple pencil when you’re using FigJam on iPad mobile app.

Old news for our readers ;-) Hover over stamps to see who left them.

Easily size shapes to the same dimensions using new guidelines to match height and width.

Stay in the diagram flow, with Connector tool (X) now persisting by default; hit Esc or V to return to the Move tool.

Create shapes and stickies faster with new auto-create prompts at the top, bottom, left, and right.

Another personal favorite! 📐 Connectors will automatically straighten when objects look center aligned — no more wonky lines!

Stay in the loop on notifications when you’re in the desktop app, with a new notification bell that lives in your menu bar. Install or update the beta app to the latest version.

Search preview now includes recent searches and a list view shows file owners.

Text alignment shortcuts (⌘-⌥-L for left, ⌘-⌥-T for center, ⌘-⌥-R for right) also work when you apply them inside the text box.

Navigate to links in comments without the interruption of an interstitial.

No more group/​align/​ungroup — quickly align objects as a temporary group by holding Shift while pressing alignment buttons. (Option/Alt also seems to work.)

Retain formatting, including bullets and text styles, when pasting between text nodes.