Shopify Merchants Can Work Faster

Shopify continues to expand Sidekick’s capabilities, making it more than just an AI assistant. With new features introduced across Shopify, merchants can now access business insights, complete tasks faster, and manage their stores more efficiently—all with the help of Sidekick.

Keep an Eye on Your Store from Apple Watch

Merchants can now access key store metrics directly from their Apple Watch through the Shopify app. This allows for quick, at-a-glance monitoring of business performance without needing to open the Shopify admin.

Available metrics include:

• Sales performance
• Unfulfilled orders
• Store sessions and traffic

Whether you’re away from your desk or on the move, important business updates are only a glance away.

Get Actionable Recommendations on Shopify Home

Sidekick now delivers personalized recommendations directly within Shopify Home.

These recommendations appear as cards in your Home feed and include:

• Business improvement suggestions
• Opportunities to increase performance
• Pulse insights highlighting important trends and changes

Instead of searching through reports, merchants receive proactive guidance designed to help them make informed decisions faster.

Ask Follow-Up Questions Anywhere in Shopify Admin

Sidekick is now more accessible throughout the Shopify admin experience.

From the Shopify Home page, you can start a conversation with Sidekick and ask questions about your business, products, customers, or store performance. On any page within Shopify admin, simply use natural language to:

• Ask questions
• Get recommendations
• Complete administrative tasks
• Receive guidance on store operations

This creates a more conversational way to manage your business without navigating through multiple settings and reports.

Let Sidekick Handle Multiple Tasks at Once

One of the biggest improvements is Sidekick’s ability to work on longer and more complex tasks in the background.

Merchants can ask Sidekick to:

• Analyze store data
• Manage orders
• Edit products
• Answer questions using information from connected third-party apps

Even if you close the chat or move to another section of Shopify, Sidekick continues working and notifies you when the task is ready for review. This allows merchants to stay productive without waiting for tasks to finish.

Fill Out Forms Faster with AI Assistance

Sidekick can now help complete forms throughout Shopify admin, significantly reducing manual data entry.

Using either direct instructions or reference images, Sidekick can populate fields and forms for you. Any content generated by Sidekick is highlighted in purple, making it easy to identify and review before publishing.

Sidekick can assist with tasks such as:

Product Management

• Create new products
• Update existing products
• Generate product information and descriptions

Discounts and Collections

• Create new discounts
• Update promotional campaigns
• Build and manage collections

Customer Management

• Create customer profiles
• Add customer information

B2B Operations

• Create new company profiles
• Populate available business information

Order Editing

• Add products to orders
• Adjust product quantities
• Apply or manage line-item discounts

By automating repetitive administrative work, Sidekick helps merchants spend less time entering data and more time growing their business.

The Bigger Picture

These updates show Shopify’s vision for Sidekick as an AI-powered business assistant that goes beyond answering questions. From monitoring store performance on an Apple Watch to managing products, completing forms, and handling multi-step tasks in the background, Sidekick is becoming an increasingly powerful tool for everyday commerce operations.

For merchants, that means faster workflows, less manual work, and quicker access to the insights needed to run and grow a successful business.