7d • General discussion
💡 Figma Config 2026 Recap
Config 2026 was less about UI design and more about general design practice.
Figma is moving away from the idea of “AI replaces the designer” and toward something much more practical: AI as a creative layer inside the current design workflow. At some point, I thought that Figma was trying to build a simple version of the Adobe toolkit for creatives.
The most useful 4 Figma updates for product designers:
1️⃣ Figma Motion: Create expressive animations with timelines and reusable systems.
2️⃣ Shaders: Generate rich visual effects, image fills, mesh gradients, and material-like styles.
3️⃣ Generative Plugins: Prompt Figma AI to build custom plugins tailored to your workflow.
4️⃣ Code Layers: Build and preview coded UI directly on the Figma canvas.
You can see how all features except Code layers work in the attached video
📕Complete Figma Config 2026 recap: https://medium.com/ux-planet/figma-config-2026-recap-1852ccf5e1d1?sk=a8ee5ee6d115102b6b95ab777aa6bfe8
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💡 Figma Config 2026 Recap
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