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1. October 2026

2. NewPre-release21 October 2026

   Basic plan, with an introductory price

   A new Basic plan for brands launching their first app: $74.99 a month for the first 6 months, then $149.99 a month.

   Basic is the new first plan, for Shopify brands launching their first app.

   • Included: iOS and Android app, 6 theme presets, AI storefront analysis and app generation, the visual homepage builder, Shopify checkout, scheduled and segmented push (10,000 sends a month), app analytics, 1 live in-app campaign and the app store publishing workflow.
   • Price: $74.99 a month for the first 6 months, then $149.99 a month. Stores that haven’t subscribed before also get a 14-day free trial.
   • Billing shows how many discounted months are left and when the full price starts.
   • Changing plan ends the introductory price. Billing asks you to confirm before it does.
   • We email the store owner 7 days before the introductory price ends, with the date Shopify confirms.

   Also in this release: reviews from Judge.me, Yotpo and Stamped, and the wishlist, are part of Growth. Features that aren’t built yet are labelled “coming soon” on the plan cards.

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3. NewImprovedPre-release21 October 2026

   Describe a change: the AI design assistant on Growth

   Describe a change in plain words in Design Studio or eBazoo Live. The AI design assistant proposes it for you to preview, apply and publish.

   • The AI design assistant is now included in Growth. It was on Scale.
   • Design Studio: type a request in the “Describe a change” box in the settings panel. The assistant proposes the edit, and you preview it before applying it.
   • After Apply to draft, Publish now updates your live app over the air, with no new app store release.
   • eBazoo Live: “Describe a change” in the preview menu opens Design Studio in your Shopify admin with your request filled in. No credits are used until you send it.

   Available on Growth and up.

4. NewPre-release21 October 2026

   Edit your app design from your own AI tool

   Connect Claude Code, Cursor or another MCP client to Design Studio from Settings → AI tools. AI changes go to your draft, and you can always undo them.

   Your own AI tool can now work on your app design through MCP (Model Context Protocol).

   • Settings → AI tools: generate an API key, copy the setup for Claude Code or Cursor, and regenerate or turn off the key. Keys expire after 30 days.
   • Your AI tool can read your design, propose changes, apply them to your draft and restore earlier versions. It can’t publish, send push notifications, or touch billing, orders or customers.
   • Before every AI change, the draft it replaces is saved as a version, so you can undo the change from version history.
   • When an AI tool changes the draft you have open, Design Studio shows a banner. If you have unsaved edits, it lets you choose what to keep. Nothing is overwritten silently.
   • A change that makes text hard to read (contrast below 4.5:1) or buttons smaller than 44 pt comes with a warning and a colour that passes.

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   Available on Scale and up.

5. NewPre-release21 October 2026

   Theme library with several themes per app

   Keep up to 10 themes per app, work on one while another is live, and preview any of them on your phone before you publish.

   Adding a template no longer replaces your current design. Themes now works like Shopify’s theme library.

   • Keep up to 10 themes per app, each with its own draft and version history.
   • Add a theme from a template, then customize, rename, duplicate or delete it. The current theme can’t be deleted.
   • Publishing a theme makes it your current theme.
   • Preview on your phone is in every theme’s ⋯ menu, published or not. Each theme gets its own eBazoo Live QR code and store code, so you can try a draft theme without publishing it.
   • The current theme card names the template your live app uses, and notes when your draft uses another one.

   Some templates need the Scale plan or higher.

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6. NewPre-release21 October 2026

   Write push notifications with AI

   Write with AI on the Push page suggests three titles and messages from your goal and what the notification opens.

   • On the Push page, open Write with AI, describe what the notification is for and pick what it opens. You get three title and message options in your store’s tone.
   • Use this fills in Title and Message. Edit them and send as usual.
   • Options fit the phone’s limits (50 characters for the title, 150 for the message) and never include prices.
   • Each request uses 1 AI credit, which is refunded if it fails.

   Available on Growth and up.

7. NewPre-release18 October 2026

   eBazoo Demo: see your store as an app before you install

   Development update: the eBazoo Demo app builds a demo of any Shopify store as an app, with its real products and an AI design, and you can keep that design when you install Mobile App Builder.

   eBazoo Demo is for stores that haven’t installed Mobile App Builder yet and want to see what their app would look like.

   • Request a demo: enter your Shopify store’s address and your contact details, and confirm your email with a code. eBazoo then builds your store as an app, with your real products and collections and a design drafted by AI.
   • The DEMO button floats over your demo: Get my app, My demos, Rebuild demo (up to 3 times a day), Hide for now and Start a new demo.
   • My demos: sign in with an email code to open every demo you’ve made. There’s one per store.
   • Get my app: see the plans and the current demo offer, then ask for your app. The eBazoo team emails you the install link and next steps.
   • Keep your demo design: after installing Mobile App Builder, open Themes and add Your eBazoo Demo design to your draft.

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8. September 2026

9. NewPre-release30 September 2026

   September 2026: app orders, analytics, publishing and plans

   Development update: see the orders your app brings in, honest consent-based analytics, a guided publishing workflow for the App Store and Google Play, and plans billed through Shopify.

   • App orders: Mobile App Builder connects as a Shopify sales channel. Orders placed in the app show under it in Shopify, and eBazoo never stores customers’ names, email addresses, phone numbers or street addresses.
   • Analytics: see what the app sells. Only shoppers who agreed to analytics are counted, and missing numbers are never estimated.
   • Publishing: readiness checks, including a live test from cart to Shopify checkout, plus app icons, screenshots and a step-by-step guide for your own Apple and Google developer accounts.
   • Maintenance mode: pause your app with a message while you make bigger changes.
   • Plans: Growth, Scale and Enterprise are billed monthly through Shopify. Custom plans start with a quote that you accept and approve in Shopify.
   • Help & Support: send a question to the eBazoo team from inside the app. Replies show on the same page, and we email you when we reply.

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10. August 2026

11. NewPre-release31 August 2026

    August 2026: push notifications, campaigns, reviews and wishlist

    Development update: send push notifications to segments on a schedule, run in-app campaigns, show product reviews and let shoppers keep a wishlist.

    • Push notifications: write a campaign, choose who gets it with segments, and send it now or schedule it.
    • In-app campaigns: popups for new arrivals, flash sales with a live countdown, posters and announcements. Choose when they show and how often, and add coupon codes that are checked against Shopify.
    • Reviews: show reviews from Judge.me, Yotpo or Stamped, or the star ratings Shopify already stores.
    • Wishlist: shoppers save favourites on their phone and come back to them later.
    • Notifications screen: shoppers see the notifications they’ve received in the app, with new ones marked as unread.

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12. July 2026

13. NewPre-release31 July 2026

    July 2026: AI that drafts with you

    Development update: the AI App Generator designs a first app from your catalog and brand, the AI design assistant makes changes you describe, and AI translation brings your app to more languages.

    • AI App Generator: reads your products, collections and brand settings, and your public homepage if you allow it, then designs a first version of your app around your real collections.
    • Interactive demo: try the generated app in iPhone and Android frames, in light and dark mode, before you change anything.
    • AI design assistant: describe a change in plain words. The assistant proposes it as a change you can review before applying it.
    • AI translation: translate your app’s text into the languages your customers use.
    • Privacy: AI only sees your store catalog and brand information, never your customers’ personal data.

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14. June 2026

15. NewPre-release30 June 2026

    eBazoo Live: preview your app on your phone

    Development update: eBazoo Live, our preview app for iOS and Android, shows your draft design on a real phone with your real store, and updates within seconds of saving in Design Studio.

    You shouldn’t have to publish a design to see how it feels in your hand. eBazoo Live is the companion app for that.

    • Open your preview: scan the QR code on Mobile App Builder’s Overview page, or type your store code.
    • Your draft, your real store: the preview shows the design you’re working on, with your real products, collections and prices.
    • Updates within seconds: save in Design Studio and the phone shows the change a few seconds later.
    • Share it: anyone with eBazoo Live and your store code can open the same preview on their own phone.

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16. NewPre-release30 June 2026

    June 2026: Design Studio, themes and phone previews

    Development update: design your app in Design Studio, start from twelve themes, preview it on your phone with eBazoo Live, and publish design changes without an app store review.

    • Design Studio: build the home screen, menus, tabs and your own pages from ready-made sections, then drag to reorder them. Set your colours and fonts once for the whole app.
    • Custom pages: add an About page or a sale landing page, build it from sections like the home page, and link to it from any menu, tab, banner or button.
    • Safe editing: autosave, undo and redo, and a version history you can roll back to.
    • Twelve themes, two for each kind of store: fashion, beauty, electronics, home, sports and general retail.
    • eBazoo Live: our preview app shows your design on a real phone (see the eBazoo Live entry).
    • Live without review: published design changes reach installed apps the next time they open, with no new App Store review.

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17. May 2026

18. NewPre-release29 May 2026

    May 2026: the Shopify app and the shopping app

    Development update: Mobile App Builder installs in Shopify admin, syncs your catalog, and runs as a native iOS and Android shopping app with Shopify checkout.

    Work on Mobile App Builder started with the two halves every store app needs: the app in your Shopify admin, and the shopping app on your customers’ phones.

    • In Shopify admin: Mobile App Builder installs as an embedded Shopify app. Your products and collections sync automatically and stay up to date as you change them in Shopify.
    • On the phone: one native app for iOS and Android, with a home screen, collections, product pages, search, a cart and an account screen.
    • Always from Shopify: prices, stock and availability are read live from your store, and checkout is Shopify’s own secure checkout.
    • One design file drives both the iOS and the Android app, so every later design change reaches both at once.

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19. NewPre-release1 May 2026

    The idea and the plan

    Where Mobile App Builder started: a native app for every Shopify brand, built on its own catalog and published under its own name, without writing code.

    The idea: Shopify brands want an app of their own, with push notifications and a home screen they control. Usually that means an agency or a developer, and a store release for every change. We set out to make it something a merchant can do from Shopify admin.

    The plan we started from:

    • One native app for iOS and Android, built from a single design, so every change reaches both.
    • Shopify stays the source of truth: prices, stock and availability are read live, and checkout is Shopify’s own.
    • Design changes without a store review: the app loads its design from eBazoo, so publishing a change doesn’t need a new App Store release.
    • AI drafts, the merchant decides: AI proposes a first design from the catalog and brand, and every change is reviewed before it’s applied.
    • The app belongs to the merchant: it’s published in the merchant’s own Apple and Google developer accounts, under their business name.
    • Plans billed through Shopify, with no commission on app sales.

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