Shopify News: These are the Shopify updates in April 2025

Shopify has once again introduced exciting new features in April 2025 that are designed to optimize the sales process and make everyday business easier for merchants. In this article, we have summarized the most important updates for you - including new settings for quantity limits in the shopping cart and checkout or Shopify POS version 10.0. These updates will help you to make your Shopify store even more efficient and further improve the shopping experience for your customers.

New settings for quantity limits in the shopping cart and checkout

Shopify has introduced new functions to improve control over order quantities and prevent unwanted insights into stock levels. If a customer tries to add more products to the shopping cart than are available, the system automatically adjusts the quantity to the stock level. To prevent this automatic adjustment and the associated insight into stock levels, retailers can now set a maximum quantity per item in the shopping cart.

This new setting only applies to shopping carts in the online store - it does not apply to draft orders, points of sale or B2B catalogs with their own quantity rules. Shopify has automatically suggested the quantity limit based on the previous order history, including a buffer for exceptionally large orders. For stores with less than 250 orders, a limit of 50 items has been set by default.

In addition, Shopify Plus merchants can now use Checkout Blocks to define limits for the order value. This allows minimum and maximum limits to be set for order subtotals and orders outside these ranges to be blocked directly in the checkout. These limits can be applied flexibly for all customers or specifically for B2B companies only.

Shopify POS version 10: More efficiency, brand presence and an improved customer experience

With the introduction of Shopify POS version 10.0 and Customer View version 2.0, Shopify is setting new standards for everyday sales: more efficient, faster and more intuitive - no matter where and how you sell. In addition to sophisticated design improvements, the new version offers extensive options for presenting your brand on customer displays and personalizing the shopping experience.

Customize the customer display

The new display editor in the administration (Point of Sale > Settings > Customize > Customer displays) allows you to flexibly customize the look of the idle screen. Upload your own logo and background image and customize the size of the logo and the opacity of the background. PNG and JPG files are supported, whereby an image size of 1080x1920 pixels is recommended for the background image. These options are available for POS terminals as well as for compatible Android devices with the Customer View app.

POS: Color customization of checkout screens

For the first time, you can set primary and accent colors for your POS checkout screens. These colors are applied to the shopping cart, tip, receipt and thank you pages. Use the drop-down menu in the Display Editor to easily navigate between screens and customize additional settings to keep your brand identity visible during every checkout process.

Design and function highlights of POS version 10

• Refined visual design: Clear layouts and more accessible information provide a better overview and more convenient checkout management.

• Faster navigation: Tablets now have a vertical navigation bar, mobile devices offer more direct access to the shopping cart.

• Optimized search: More precise, context-specific search results for orders, products, customers and employees are possible without switching screens.

• Improved shopping cart: A new, dynamic header shows the type of shopping cart (new orders or drafts) and provides a better overview for larger orders and exchanges.

• Lock screen with branding: A customizable lock screen creates a consistent, professional look for all locations.

• Branded theming for POS terminals: Rich media and brand colors on the idle screen improve customer engagement and increase brand awareness in-store.

Shipping and pickup in a single order

With a new feature in Shopify POS, employees can now create orders where customers can pick up items immediately and have others shipped to their address - all within a single shopping cart.

Here's what's new:

• Each item can have its own delivery method - no need for a separate checkout.

• In-stock and out-of-stock items can be sold together to offer more choice and make the best use of stock.

• Discounts and bundle prices apply to all items in the mixed basket, improving the shopping experience.

Important to note:

• Variants of the same items cannot be split between different delivery methods.

• The function only supports certain tax programs (e.g. Avalara 2.0, Vertex) and requires the same tax regions per delivery.

• Standard email templates are automatically adjusted, individual templates must be updated manually.

Automatic stock distribution for multiple locations

If the stock at a single location is not sufficient to fulfill the entire quantity of an item in an order, the item is automatically distributed to multiple locations. This prevents the stock level from falling into negative territory.

Splitting takes place if

• There are multiple fulfillment locations for stock items.

• The sale of stock is restricted to configured shipping zones.

• Products are set to not be sold when sold out.

• An order contains a larger quantity than available in one location, but sufficient stock overall.

When using the Shopify API, customizations should take into account the correct quantity entry.

More design freedom with the new features in Shopify Email

Shopify Email now offers more flexibility in design: With new controls for section padding, you can adjust or dynamically optimize spacing individually for top, bottom, left and right. If a setting is deleted, the padding automatically resets to "Auto".

New for the footer area:

• More compact layout with less white space

• Support for rich text to better highlight information

• Default footer settings can be saved to ensure consistency across campaigns

• Extended selection of social icons, including for WhatsApp, Weibo and WeChat

Make your email campaigns even more appealing and brand-compliant.

Shopify Scripts goes into extra time: shutdown not until June 2026

Shopify Scripts enables Shopify Plus merchants to create individual pricing logic, discounts and checkout adjustments directly in the store. However, with the switch to the new Shopify Checkout, Scripts will be replaced in the long term by Shopify Functions - a modern, API-based solution that is faster and more scalable. The shutdown of Shopify Scripts has now been postponed to June 30, 2026.

Merchants should be aware of this when switching:

• Note the technical differences between Scripts and Functions

• Scripts run directly in the Shopify checkout, Functions are based on an API

• Functions require in-depth development knowledge

• Check complex use cases (e.g. individual pricing logic, discounts)

• Adjustments necessary, as not all Scripts functions can be implemented with Functions

New partner solutions for companies: Shopify introduces four innovative accelerator programs

Shopify continues to develop its offering for enterprise customers: as part of the Partner Solutions program, four new solutions have been introduced that enable large brands to deliver content even faster and in a more personalized way. The new tools - developed in collaboration with Accenture, Elva, Form Factory and Orium - extend Shopify's native content management capabilities with flexible, pre-configured integrations.

The aim of the new solutions:

• Create custom Shopify environments faster

• Optimize storytelling and increase conversion rates

• Increase efficiency with pre-built components and CMS integrations

Accenture x Shopify: Bedrock Composable DXP Accelerator

• Connects Shopify with leading ISVs such as ERP, CRM and CMS (e.g. Contentful)

• Includes a comprehensive UI library with ready-to-use components

• Allows companies to build their tech stack up to 50% faster

Elva x Shopify: Spacecraft platform-native CMS

• Offers a native CMS directly on Shopify - for better performance and flexibility

• Ideal for multistore setups and large product catalogs

• Lowers operating costs (TCO) while offering high speed and easy administration

Form Factory x Shopify: Modulus Sanity Headless Accelerator

• Connects Shopify Hydrogen with the content platform Sanity

• Uses pre-built React components and offers powerful visualization tools

• Enables large teams to work in parallel and accelerates complex product launches

Orium x Shopify: Contentstack Composable Accelerator

• Helps brands build scalable, headless commerce experiences

• Uses Next.js and a comprehensive Figma design system

• Integrates AI-driven personalization and experimentation features from Contentstack for optimized content strategies

With these four new accelerator programs, companies can make their Shopify environments faster, more flexible and more powerful. The focus is particularly on personalization, efficiency and seamless omnichannel experiences.

Conclusion

The Shopify updates in April 2025 clearly show that Shopify continues to focus on optimizing the sales process, strengthening brand presence and improving the customer experience. From new shopping cart and checkout features to a major overhaul of Shopify POS and more design freedom in Shopify Email, merchants will have even more tools to make their stores more efficient, engaging and successful.

With the extension of Shopify Scripts and the new Accelerator programs for enterprise customers, it is also clear that Shopify develops solutions that help companies of all sizes grow - flexibly, quickly and future-proof.

Latori: Your Shopify Premier Partner

As a Shopify partner and Germany's first Shopify Premier Agency, Latori has first-hand knowledge and is always up to date with changes to the store system. We have already supported numerous national and international brands in switching to Shopify Plus.