The app world never stays still for long.
The first half of November brought its share of fresh updates and clever improvements, and we’ve been keeping an eye on them.
Time to recap what’s been happening so far this month.
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- Canva Introduces Its Own AI Design Model and More Smart Tools
- Grammarly Rebrands as Superhuman and Launches a New AI Assistant
- ClickUp Launches New AI Assistants to Make Work Easier
- Google Photos Expands AI Search and Adds Smarter Editing Tools
- Amazon Launches Low-Cost Shopping App “Amazon Bazaar”
- Google adds conversational shopping, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you
Canva Introduces Its Own AI Design Model and More Smart Tools
Canva has launched its first AI design model, built to understand layers and formats so it can generate editable designs instead of flat images. The new model works across posts, presentations, whiteboards, and websites, helping users move from a simple prompt to a fully customizable project.
The platform’s AI assistant is now available across the entire interface, allowing users to tag it in comments for quick text or media suggestions. It can also create 3D objects, replicate any art style, and simplify collaboration on shared designs.
Canva also rolled out Canva Grow, a marketing suite powered by AI for content creation and performance tracking. Other updates include tools for creating forms and email templates, plus a deeper integration with Affinity, which is now free and seamlessly connected to Canva’s design ecosystem.
👉 Learn more about Canva’s latest AI features.
Grammarly Rebrands as Superhuman and Launches a New AI Assistant
Grammarly is getting a new name. After acquiring the email app Superhuman, the company is officially rebranding as Superhuman, though its writing tool will still be known as Grammarly.
Alongside the new identity, the company introduced Superhuman Go, an AI assistant built into the existing Grammarly extension. It can improve your writing, give feedback on emails, and connect with tools like Gmail, Jira, Google Drive, and Calendar to help with tasks such as scheduling or logging tickets.
Users can enable Superhuman Go through the Grammarly extension and explore different agents in its new store, including a plagiarism checker and a proofreader. With this move, Superhuman is evolving into a full productivity suite ready to compete with Notion, ClickUp, and Google Workspace.
👉 Learn more about Superhuman Go.
ClickUp Launches New AI Assistants to Make Work Easier
ClickUp just dropped a big update with ClickUp 4.0, adding two new AI assistants and a cleaner, faster interface. One of them lives across all your chats and helps answer questions using info from tools like Google Drive, Figma, OneDrive, and Gmail.
The other one, called Brain, can handle everyday tasks like generating ideas, scheduling meetings, creating or commenting on tasks, and even summarizing calls or reports. You’ll find it in the sidebar, ready to help wherever you are in ClickUp.
The update also makes it smoother to move between tasks, docs, and conversations, adds a smarter calendar that reschedules meetings automatically, and includes a team dashboard to keep an eye on progress. ClickUp is clearly stepping up its game to compete with Slack, Notion, and Microsoft Teams as your go-to workspace.
👉 Learn more about ClickUp 4.0.
Google Photos Expands AI Search and Adds Smarter Editing Tools
Google Photos is rolling out a big update packed with new AI-powered features. Users can now edit objects and people in photos just by describing what they want to change, like “remove sunglasses” or “make someone smile.” The update also adds AI templates to transform photos into styles such as retro portraits or cartoons, powered by Google’s Nano Banana model.
A new Ask button lets you talk to Photos’ AI to request edits, get info about a picture, or discover related moments. The redesigned photo editor is also coming to iOS, making AI editing more accessible across devices.
👉 Learn more about Google Photos’ latest AI updates.
Amazon Launches Low-Cost Shopping App “Amazon Bazaar”
Amazon just introduced Amazon Bazaar, a new standalone app focused on affordable shopping for users across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Most items cost under 10 dollars, and some go for as little as 2 dollars, making it Amazon’s answer to apps like Shein and Temu.
The app is available on Android and iOS in more than a dozen countries, including the Philippines, Argentina, Nigeria, and Costa Rica, with more regions coming soon. Shoppers can browse fashion, home, and lifestyle products, check reviews, and use their existing Amazon accounts to order and pay securely.
Amazon Bazaar supports six languages, offers free returns within 15 days, and features playful promos like lucky draws to attract new users. It’s a clear sign that Amazon is doubling down on the low-cost shopping trend that’s reshaping global e-commerce.
👉 Learn more about Amazon Bazaar.
Google adds conversational shopping, agentic checkout and an AI that calls stores for you
Google just dropped a bunch of new shopping features powered by AI. You can now ask shopping questions in AI Mode and get answers with photos, prices, reviews and up to date inventory in a chat style view. The Gemini app also gives richer shopping ideas instead of short suggestions.
Google is rolling out agentic checkout in Search, so you can track a price and let Google buy the item for you once it hits your budget. There is also a new option that literally calls local stores to check stock, pricing and deals, then brings everything back to you in a clean summary.
👉 Learn more about Google’s new AI shopping features.
Plenty of updates already, and we’re just halfway through November. Stay tuned to our blog for the next round of highlights at the end of the month.
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