Release Notes & Changelog

Read about new features, fixes, and improvements that we've made to Retail Cloud Connect.

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2026

April

We've added several additional layout options for our Shopify Search and Collection Page App Blocks
We've launched translations across the Retail Cloud Connect Shopify App, including raw filter values, for easier internationalization with AI assistance
Shopify merchants can now view their App Block installation status on unpublished or draft themes
We've improved the overall performance of all screens within the Retail Cloud Connect Shopify App
We've added Document Search analytics for Shopify merchants using AI Commerce Search
We now provide better Storefront API examples within the Retail Cloud Connect Shopify App for easier headless adoption
Retail Cloud Connect is officially 💎 Built for Shopify on the Shopify App Store!

March

We've overhauled the Retail Cloud Connect Shopify App navigation patterns to comply with Built for Shopify requirements
We've fully unified our Shopify Recommendations AI, Product Grid, and Search Results App Block components
We've launched fully automated imports for Agentforce Commerce (formerly Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C or SFCC) catalogs

February

We've added additional analytics so that merchants can filter top queries by language code
We've overhauled our Filters & Data page to simplify importing catalog data and displaying filters on storefronts
We've overhauled our onboarding process for new merchants to help them implement each component step-by-step
We've improved SKU matching on fuzzy SKUs, a common requirement for B2B-focused merchants

January

We've improved fuzzy matching on SKU searches to accomodate more complex use cases including dashes and special characters
Our Shopify App Blocks now send a Detail Page View User Event when a shopper opens a Quick View modal
Shopify merchants on our Growth and Enterprise plans can now opt-in to real-time syncing for all product updates, not just inventory and pricing
We've updated our Shopify App Pixel privacy settings to ensure compliance with Shopify's evolving data collection requirements
We've improved facet and filter selections across multiple scenarios in our Shopify App Blocks

2025

December

Our Shopify App Blocks now send custom events to the browser, such as Products Loaded to support additional integrations with other Shopify apps
Our Shopify Product Card Builder now offers an "Add to Cart" and associated Quick View component

November

We've introduced more efficient API call patterns on our Storefront API and Shopify App Blocks to reduce Google Cloud expenses
We've launched Document Search powered by AI Commerce Search, so shoppers can return web-based search results in addition to product search results
Shopify merchants can now train AI Commerce Search in Dark Mode using data from the default Shopify Search & Discovery app
Our Shopify Product Card Builder now offers an image gallery component to show multiple images on Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks

October

We've deployed additional serving infrastructure in Africa to improve global performance and support new merchants
We've launched new AI Commerce Search capabilities for merchants who want to leverage document search in addition to product search
Attribution tokens have been removed from URLs as AI Commerce Search no longer requires them as URL parameters
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks now support showing or hiding filter counts
Our Shopify Product Card Builder image components now support a fallback URI to show a default image for products with missing images
Shopify merchants can now choose which sort options are shown on Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks
Our Shopify Product Grid App Blocks now supports filtering collection pages by appending single or multiple tags directly to the URL
The next iteration of our Shopify Merged Filters Beta now supports merging filter values within additional System Attributes

September

We've further optimized our Storefront API to improve page speed and performance when retrieving results, particularly around compression
Shopify merchants can now exclude variants from being imported using Variant Metafields, not just primary product Tags
We've launched our Merged Filters Beta - The Size Product Option on English catalogs can now use AI to merge filter values.

August

Shopify merchants can now send default filters in Storefront API requests to pre-filter all search or browse results
We've improved our initial onboarding flow for enterprise merchants configuring the Retail Cloud Connect Shopify App
We've launched templates for our Product Card Builder to make configuring default Shopify App Blocks more intuitive
We've launched a new support portal from the Retail Cloud Connect Shopify App so merchants can get tailored answers from our team faster than ever - all humans, no AI
We now import Price Ratios for all Shopify catalogs so merchants can create discount-based Serving Controls
We now support using Tags and Tag Prefixes to import Colors - these colors can then be mapped to Color Families
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks can now have searching within filters and configurable expansion settings
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks can now be set to "sticky" on Desktop devices to ensure visibility while scrolling

July

Our new Shopify App is live! Existing merchants can explore updated filter settings, our Product Card Builder, and enhanced analytics while new merchants can now use fully-managed onboarding
Shopify filter data can now be retrieved from product options, metafields, tags, and tag prefixes, offering maximum flexibility for merchants to upload their data to both standard and custom attributes in AI Commerce Search
Shopify merchants can now expand their product variants, such as different colors or sizes, to display as separate products
Shopify merchants can now import SEO Descriptions instead of default product descriptions to increase search relevance on catalogs where SEO descriptions offer higher quality data
We've optimized loading and rendering primary and hover images across our Shopify App Blocks
We've added additional visibility into the catalog sync process for Shopify merchants
Our Agentforce Commerce (formerly Salesforce Commerce Cloud B2C or SFCC) cartridge beta is now open, please contact us if you'd like to be a part of it
Custom Components are now available in the Shopify Product Card Builder

June

We've improved our support for Online Store 1.0 implementations and now provide static App Block assets on Cloudflare's CDN
We've simplified integration patterns for Shopify merchants migrating from Boost Commerce to Retail Cloud Connect

May

We've simplified the Shopify storefront token creation process to eliminate an annoying setup step for new merchants
We've improved accessibility across our Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks can now be crafted with additional components, not just size and color filters

April

We now import Shopify barcodes as an "Exact Match" searchable attribute in Google Cloud
We now support Shopify Category Metafields that reference Metaobjects for search and filtering

March

Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks now have a disabled CSS class for products that are not available in specific markets
Shopify Recommendations AI App Blocks can now be customized further, similar to Search Results and Product Grid components
Shopify Recommendations AI App Blocks now exclude showing Out of Stock products by default

February

Shopify Recommendations AI App Blocks can now be placed on additional pages such as blog posts or articles
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks can now show a filter summary count in the sidebar
Retail Cloud Connect Shopify App merchants can now request that variants be imported as individual products to AI Commerce Search
The Retail Cloud Connect Shopify App now supports importing back-ordered products

January

Happy New Year! Stay tuned for major Retail Cloud Connect Shopify App updates to harness even more from Google Cloud
Shopify Recommendations AI App Blocks can now retrieve additional data from Shopify including tags

2024

December

Our Storefront API now supports AI Commerce Search Conversational Commerce v1, Google plans to release v2 in 2025
Our Storefront API now supports enabling or disabling event tracking on search requests for more flexible deployment patterns
We have removed Tailwind CSS from our Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks to reduce theme CSS conflicts
We now send User ID in addition to Visitor ID when a Shopify shopper is authenticated to support cross-channel personalization

November

Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks can now support additional translations for international catalogs
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks can now show availability as a toggle
We're funded! We're scaling up our engineering team to deliver an even better Shopify App experience in 2025

October

We've made it easier for Shopify merchants to sync their product catalog data between automatic scheduled imports
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Block product cards now support additional public product metafields
We've made UX improvements throughout our Shopify App Blocks to improve product filtering on mobile and desktop devices

September

Shopify's rating metafield data type is now used to improve third-party and native app integrations
Shopify App Blocks can now be rendered as Web Components to support headless implementations such as Hydrogen

August

Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks can now use a Load More button or pagination to show multiple pages of results
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks have been optimized to load faster with fewer dependencies
Shopify fulfillment details and local inventory availability is now considered when returning online results

July

Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Block price filters are now returned in localized Shopify Market currencies
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Block filters are now collapsed by default on mobile devices
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Block product cards now support additional wishlist app integrations
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks no longer display single-value facets that do not affect PLP filtering
Google Cloud introduced Remove from Cart User Events to improve AI model training

June

Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Block filters now have a Clear Filters button
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks can now leverage custom JavaScript to fire onClick events such as opening a cart modal
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Block sections can now be re-ordered for additional design flexibility and customization
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks can now display product rating stars and review quantities
We've deployed additional serving infrastructure in Europe and Australia to improve global performance and support new merchants
Shopify Recommendations AI App Blocks have been optimized for speed and accessibility across devices
Our team took some awesome vacations to rest and recharge - work hard, play hard!

May

Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks can now return variants product sizes and/or colors
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks now display secondary images on hover
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks filters can now be positioned above products, offering more design flexibility

April

Believe it or not, our daily full Shopify catalog imports are even faster now
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks now display product reviews and badges such as, Sale
Shopify merchants can now create additional Retail API Custom Attributes using Shopify tags with Tag Groups
Shopify merchants can now use tags to ignore products during Retail API catalog imports
Shopify merchants can now import specific collections to the Retail API to improve merchandising experiences
Shopify Search Results and Product Grid App Blocks can now return a dynamic slider for attributes with a range of values such as product dimensions
Network calls have been optimized in our Storefront API to improve performance - average response time is now 48ms, and p95 is < 230ms

March

All Shopify merchants can now use all of their markets and currencies with one Google Cloud retail catalog
Shopify collection updates are now sent to the Retail API in near-real-time and products are returned prior to the next scheduled catalog sync
Shopify merchants can now use a single Google Cloud catalog to serve all currencies and markets
Additional custom pricing is now available for Shopify merchants between our Starter and Growth plans

February

The search bar within Shopify App Blocks now updates search results as a shopper types, and merchants can also add this functionality to their primary search bar
Shoppers can now sort Search Results and Product Grid Shopify App Blocks by Newest
We have optimized Shopify App Block images to load faster
We have fixed a bug where Recommendations AI revenue was sporadically counted twice upon a Shopify conversion
We are now performing additional data enrichment and cleanup activities during catalog imports to improve navigation and search results
Merchants can now override default facet and filter sort order in Liquid, as opposed to strictly relying on Dynamic Facets

January

We have improved the Retail Cloud Connect Shopify App UX when enabling user event tracking on the Theme Installation page, making successful installation clearer
Shopify merchants can now target individual components on App Blocks, such as facet names or headers, to rename them or apply translations
Shopify App Blocks now reference the store-wide currency format settings to ensure consistency in symbols and decimals across pages
The Product Grid Shopify App Block for Collection pages can now include the collection description and a search bar

2023

December

Real-time inventory and pricing updates are now available to all Retail Cloud Connect Shopify App merchants to ensure accuracy between search results, collection, and product pages and avoid displaying out-of-stock products or inaccurate pricing
Shopify merchants can now select one or more product catalog Tags in the Google Cloud Retail API catalog import settings, this is particularly useful if the data is not available in a metafield
Shopify merchants can now select any metadata field for "Color" instead of the default, built-in product variant field
We now import Shopify SKUs by default and recommend that merchants set the attribute as "Exact Match" and "Searchable" in the Google Cloud Retail API settings - this was a common request for internal site staff and support teams who prefer to search by SKU

November

We have unified App Block CSS classes to make it easier for Shopify merchants to customize the look and feel of their search results, collection pages, and recommendations - this includes the ability to target specific facet filters by name
Retail Cloud Connect has finished the private beta period and is now live on the Shopify App Store