Collection limits have been significantly increased to support larger-scale operations. Premium plans now include 500 collections per index, Elevate plans support 1,000 collections per index, with each collection supporting up to 10,000 manual records and 50 conditions. This reduces trade-offs between campaigns and enables more targeted seasonal collections for improved user engagement.

v3.16 gives more control over indexing and merchandising. A new Indexing Manager centralizes visibility, reindexing, and dashboard access while making full indexing from indexer_reindex_all_invalid optional. Products and CMS pages can now be reindexed directly from grids, CLI tools give explicit control over full reindexing, and queue management now works without a separate crontab. Merchandising improves with dynamic faceting for more relevant filters and no-code redirects that guide shoppers in Autocomplete and InstantSearch. Click here to learn more.

Shopify merchants, now benefit from improved indexing performance with a new engine designed for scalability and reliability. Indexing is more consistent during high-traffic periods, ensuring fresher product data is available sooner. The update also unlocks access to data transformations and fetch for greater customization, along with a new Connection Debugger that provides visibility into indexing operations and helps merchants troubleshoot issues directly. Now automatically available to all merchants not leveraging Shopify's Markets feature.

Get a clear overview of your Rules with Rules Analytics. See how many are inactive, expired, stale, or low-impact, at a glance. Easily filter and act on them directly from the analytics view or within Rules management to improve or clean up your setup.

Interpreting A/B experiment results can often be complex, especially when assessing the significance of observed differences. To provide greater clarity and statistical context, confidence intervals have been introduced. These intervals help indicate the range within which the true effect is likely to fall, making it easier to evaluate the reliability of experiment outcomes. Confidence intervals are visualized on a time series chart, positioned directly below the standard A/B test results.

Algolia's Visual Editor now supports multi-item drag and drop, making bulk pinning changes more convenient and faster. Simply select which items to move and drag them to the desired position before or after other items in your results grid. 

Ask AI adds a smart assistant to the search bar, helping users get instant answers from existing documentation content. Supports natural-language questions, follow-ups, and cited sources. Works with DocSearch and custom Algolia setups. BYOLLM model allows flexible integration with preferred AI providers. Click here to learn more. Try Ask AI in Public Beta today!

Agent Studio introduces a developer framework that enables building business-aware AI agents in weeks, not months. The platform orchestrates across multiple indices and data sources, delivering sub-50ms global retrieval with automatic business logic enforcement. Agents understand access permissions, data relationships, and organizational rules through real-time integration with existing Algolia configurations. A single API endpoint handles LLM communication, multi-source retrieval, and tool orchestration, eliminating months of custom integration work. Click here to learn more. If you’d like access to the Algolia Agent Studio, please fill out this form. 

Collections no longer require calling the Push Task to stay up to date. You can now apply transformations using supported API clients (Go, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python), which handle ingestion automatically. This reduces setup friction and helps business users get started faster. Click here to learn more.

Business users can now generate product collections using natural language prompts like “vintage dresses with a floral print.” Powered by NeuralSearch, this enhancement automatically curates relevant items based on semantic relevance. It reduces manual work, speeds up collection creation, and helps teams respond quickly to seasonal trends and merchandising needs. Click here to learn more.