The onboarding process for Shopify users has been revamped with a more streamlined, step-by-step guide. Key setup steps, such as enabling Autocomplete and InstantSearch, are now simplified with clear instructions, helpful visuals, and real-time notifications. This eliminates the need for external documentation, making the process intuitive and reducing the complexity for both new and existing users. The updates ensure that the setup is straightforward, enhancing usability and reducing time to implementation.

The Visual Merchandiser page within Merch Studio has received a new look and feel to offer users a better, smoother user experience. By enhancing this page we hope to empower users to more easily carry out core merchandising activities. The redesign comes with:

• a streamlined and simpler layout to help you focus on essentials
• collapsible side panels to give you control over your view
• a range of other UX improvements to enhance the overall responsiveness of the page

Algolia’s Revenue Analytics feature provides customers with a more comprehensive understanding of how Algolia impacts their business. With this recent release, customers can now (1) access the quick analytics bar in the Dashboard 'Browse' page and (2) select to display five additional revenue metrics when visualizing product tiles:

• Number of items added to cart
• Number of purchases
• Add to cart rate
• Purchase rate
• Revenue

Available in the Visual Merchandiser, Visual Editor, and Browse page. These enhancements empower customers to make data-driven decisions and optimize their search strategies for maximum revenue generation.

Dynamic Re-Ranking (DRR) Advanced is available in Beta for Elevate customers. DRR is a powerful AI feature that optimizes search results for increased relevance. This update addresses long-standing customer requests, including:

• Hourly Refresh: DRR scores are now refreshed hourly, ensuring results reflect the latest user behavior and events (previously updated daily).
• Multi-Facet Support: DRR now supports re-ranking for more than one browsing facet, allowing for more precise control over filtered searches (e.g., category and brand).
• Empty Query Re-Ranking: Unfiltered empty queries will now display the most relevant results based on overall popularity, while filtered queries will prioritize results specific to the applied filters.

By participating in the public beta, Elevate customers can leverage these enhancements to achieve significant improvements in conversion rates. 

Algolia's Salesforce B2C Commerce cartridge now allows for the no-code definition of custom indexable product attributes. Previously, integrators had to write custom code to index attributes not explicitly defined by Algolia. With this update, customers can easily define which product attributes to index using the Business Manager UI, reducing setup time and simplifying the indexing process. 

Algolia's Frequently Bought Together (FBT) feature now includes a "Strict" model variant, providing customers with a more precise and controlled recommendation strategy. This variant ensures that only items strictly purchased together are recommended, addressing specific use cases where a more conservative approach is desired. 

• Improved search functionality
• Text wrapping for longer index names
• The ability to favorite frequently used indices
• Filtering by index type and favorites

Algolia's Launchpad Extended Search Config now provides a real-time search preview, allowing customers to instantly see how their attribute selections and custom ranking adjustments impact their search results. This eliminates the need for manual navigation and search execution, streamlining the onboarding process and enabling customers to fine-tune their search settings more efficiently. By offering a visual representation of changes, Algolia empowers customers to make informed decisions and achieve optimal search results.

Algolia's new SDK simplifies API client management by automatically generating comprehensive tests, documentation, and code snippets from a single OpenAPI specification. This ensures consistency across all clients, accelerates feature and fix delivery, and significantly reduces maintenance efforts. By automating these tasks, developers can focus on building innovative features while maintaining high-quality API clients. Click here to learn more.

This update delivers significant improvements, including a new PHP API client, advanced revenue analytics, enhanced customer journey tracking with authenticated user tokens, streamlined virtual replica management, and Looking Similar recommendations. AlgoliaSearch for Adobe Commerce 3.14.0 provides tools to drive revenue growth and improve customer satisfaction. With enhanced analytics, businesses can better understand customer behavior and optimize product recommendations. The new PHP API client simplifies integration, while authenticated user tokens enable more accurate personalization. Streamlined virtual replica management offers greater control over search performance, and Looking Similar recommendations boost product discovery. Click here to learn more.