Figma adds canvas widgets and a Chromebook push

June’s update to Figma focuses heavily on extensibility, with a notable new object type for the canvas, better discovery for community resources, and a revamped developer documentation hub. The company also announced a partnership with Google that puts Figma and FigJam on Chromebooks for free in US schools.

Widgets move from FigJam to the design canvas

Until now, interactive widgets were a FigJam feature. That changes with this release: widgets now work in Figma’s design canvas. They behave differently from plugins; plugins are best suited for single-player automation, while widgets are collaborative objects that multiple teammates can interact with simultaneously. Polls, voting, annotation, and time trackers are the kinds of use cases the format is aimed at.

Several notable widgets are available at launch, including:

  • Asana: Discuss and update tasks as a team, then push next steps into Asana without leaving Figma.
  • Jira: Create production tasks straight from the Figma canvas.
  • RAG Status by Edward Battistini: A red/yellow/green traffic light for communicating design status.
  • Navigate by Emin Sinani: A navigation control for guiding stakeholders through a design file.

Discovery and documentation improvements

Finding and installing plugins and widgets was previously a hurdle, especially for newer users. That friction is reduced: the Figma toolbar now supports direct search and installation of extensions, and the Figma Community has a refreshed flow for trying them out.

For developers building on the platform, the API documentation has been redesigned. The update brings a new navigation layout, better-organized resources, copyable code blocks, plus additional code samples and guides.

Figma and FigJam arrive on Chromebooks

A first-of-its-kind partnership with Google for Education brings Figma and FigJam to Chromebooks, the most widely used computing device among students. The arrangement lets school districts deploy and manage Figma Organization licenses directly from the Google Admin Console at no cost. Tens of millions of US students stand to gain access to industry-standard design tools on their school devices. Districts can apply for the beta beginning this summer.

More from the community and FigJam

New third-party integrations and community releases also arrived this month:

  • Anima: Pulls live UI components into Figma from the same open-source React libraries used in production.
  • SupaPalette by Angelo Libero: Generates accessible color palettes, with export options for popular web frameworks and formats.
  • 3dicons by Vijay Verma: A set of 1,400+ open-source 3D icons created in Blender, free for public use.

For planning workflows, FigJam gains five new quarterly planning templates that the company’s own product, design, and engineering teams use internally.