Shopify launched Canvas on October 1, 2026 , a visual workspace where merchants design a whole store by talking to Sidekick, the company’s AI agent. You see every page at once, zoom into details, and ask for changes in plain English. Let’s break down what is real, what is early, and how to test it without risking your sales. What Canvas does differently from the old editor Traditional editors make you work on one page at a time. Shopify says they render your real store code, so animations and interactions behave the way shoppers will see them.