Figma

Figma Motion adds animation editing inside the design file with a collaborative timeline and exports to MP4, WebM, GIF, and code. Use it to keep common UI and launch-film motion work in Figma instead of handing it off to another tool.

Figma expanded its design agent beta to all Pro, Org, and Enterprise plans ahead of Config. Teams on paid tiers can now test the agent more broadly as it moves from a narrow preview to a feature with real workflow coverage.

Figma updated its MCP server to generate and edit Slides decks, build FigJam boards from data, and roundtrip code into Figma Make. The release also adds custom font support and image exports, extending MCP into presentation and board workflows.

Figma shipped a Chrome extension that converts live websites into editable Figma layers and teased design-system-based generation as the next step. It matters because designers can start from real product surfaces instead of rebuilding layouts by hand.

Creator demos showed OpenAI Codex building, running, and testing iOS apps through a Mac-only simulator plugin, and a companion thread listed Figma, illustration, video, and local model workflows. Separate posts also showed Codex sessions moving onto iPhone home screens and PM-built internal tools, so developers can test whether the plugin fits their stack.

Tran Mau Tri Tam publishes the full editable design from a viral Glass UI post in the Figma community, then follows with a Glass Button 2.0 example. Designers can copy the exact blur, shadow, and opacity setup instead of reverse-engineering it from screenshots.

Figma posted a plugin that turns Codex output into editable canvas designs, and OpenAI also showed an iOS testing loop inside Codex. Watch for Codex to move beyond chat into app-building workflows, with more creator-built tools likely to follow.

Higgsfield launched a Claude MCP skill that turns brand kits, generated videos, and business info into scroll-driven motion websites. The rollout also includes a Figma plugin for SVG assets and MCP tools that cut long videos into platform-ready clips.

Figma opened the Config Makeathon, putting $100,000 in prizes and a June 18 submission deadline behind projects built with its current tools and agent beta access. Enter on Contra and use the public launch to submit before the deadline.

Figma shipped plan mode, a messaging queue, web search and fetch, and pinned comments for Make. The update adds more guided checkpoints to prompt-driven prototype generation as Figma keeps pushing AI workflows beyond plain chat.

Figma opened preregistration for its first Config Makeathon and tied early signup to access for its new design-agent beta. Register early if you want temporary Figma Pro and 1,500 Weave credits during the event.

Figma said Make can now connect to a local codebase, apply precise edits, and branch, commit, and ship from the beta desktop app. That moves Make closer to production work, so teams can try it on real code instead of isolated prototypes.

VibeMotion-1 released a pre-alpha local editor that imports Figma frames and layers, animates them from prompts, previews with LTX 2.3, and renders MP4s. The repo targets motion work without After Effects or DaVinci, but the launch is explicitly early and seeking breakage reports.

Figma introduced an on-canvas design agent that can automate repetitive tasks, run parallel explorations, maintain libraries, and work through comments. Try it inside live files if you want agent help without bouncing to a separate chat or export step.

At Code with Claude San Francisco, builders showed Claude Code running 21-agent app pipelines across Figma, Jira, Confluence, and TestFlight. Users should watch for reliability strain as posts and conference recaps tie recent slowdowns to Anthropic's reported 80x growth.

Figma shipped desktop tab search, faster content preloading and direct opening of Figma links inside desktop tabs. The update should speed up navigation for large projects, and users should watch the May 5 Release Notes episode on vibe-coded prototypes, design systems and code.

Figma added voice-to-text prompts, version history, question cards and clearer context in Make, while Weave gained node unpacking, iterators and flow-preserving delete. The updates make it easier to capture prompts and manage asset-heavy AI flows inside Figma; try the new controls if your team needs traceable edits.

Figma began rolling out copy-paste, selection-based, and drag-and-drop reference inputs for AI image work, alongside new Draw tools like text on a path, gradients, and noise controls. The update reduces prep steps for reference-driven edits and adds more illustration controls inside Draw.

Figma added new FigJam MCP tools for generating architecture diagrams, placing notes and code blocks, and reading a board back into next steps. The release matters because system maps can now be created and queried from the same MCP workflow instead of being rebuilt manually in FigJam.

Posts describe MeiGen as a free prompt gallery for GPT Image 2, Nano Banana 2, Seedance 2.0, Veo 3.1 and Midjourney, with drag-to-canvas generation and reverse prompting. The thread says the dataset is open source and already wired into Claude, Figma and OpenClaw workflows.

Figma said its mobile app can now test Make prototypes and touch interactions, while the main editor update promises up to 10x faster vector editing, 4x smoother frame rates, faster loads, and 92% fewer memory warnings. That matters because large design files and prototype reviews should stay usable on both phone and desktop.

OpenAI released ChatGPT Images 2.0, and Firefly Boards, Figma, Freepik, fal and Lovart added access within hours. The rollout matters because text-heavy image generation is now moving into the design tools creators already use.