As the Canva Verified Expert Summit wraps up here in Sydney, I wanted to share some early thoughts while everything is still fresh in my mind.
More than 30 Canva Verified Experts from around the world gathered here to see what’s coming next, and as someone who focuses on Canva organization and workflow efficiency, I pay close attention to updates that help creators better manage their brand assets and stay organized across projects.
Canva’s latest announcements introduce several changes that make it easier to build, maintain, and scale an organized brand system inside Canva.
There’s far too much to cover in one post, but these are the areas I think small business owners, marketers, and creators will find most valuable.
I’ll be sharing more tutorials and walkthroughs in the coming weeks once I’ve had time to explore these updates in more detail.
A Reimagined Brand System
If you’ve followed me for a while, you know how much I talk about Canva’s Brand Kit, because it’s one of the most important tools for keeping your designs consistent and your process efficient.
This year, Canva has completely reimagined it with the new Brand System. It’s more flexible, more visual, and far better suited for those of us who care deeply about keeping assets organized.
Brand Kit 2.0
You can now build custom Brand Kits with flexible sections and a dedicated homepage. This means your logos, fonts, colours, photos, icons, and brand voice guidelines can all live in one organized, clearly structured space that feels uniquely yours.
Even better, you can now create your own asset categories within your Brand Kit and you’re no longer limited to the standard options like logos, colours, fonts, and photos. For example, you might add categories for Illustrations, Patterns, or Headshots, separate from your general brand photos.
You can also create sections within your Brand Kit! For instance, a “Brand Images” section that houses asset categories for Headshots, Brand Photos, Illustrations, Patterns, and Icons. It’s completely flexible and can be set up to suit your own workflow and organizational tendencies.
If you don’t already have access to Canva’s Brand Kit, you’ll need a Canva Pro account to use it. You can try Canva Pro free for 30 days
to see how the new Brand System can help you keep your brand assets organized and easy to access.
As a side note, Clean Up My Canva: The Canva Organization Course will soon be receiving a major round of updates to reflect these new organizational capabilities. Lessons about how to organize your brand assets within the new Brand System will definitely be added.
And if you haven’t yet joined the course, now’s a great time to do so. Keep an eye out for a special Pre-Black-Friday offer coming in mid-November 2025!
Magic Brand Kit Setup
If you’re short on time, Canva’s new Magic Brand Kit Setup uses AI to automatically extract your fonts, colours, and logos from your website or brand guidelines PDF. It’s a quick way to get your brand materials into Canva without having to upload them all manually.
Make Your Brand Kit Feel Like Home
You can now personalize your Brand Kit with visual tiles and even a banner image. It’s a small but meaningful improvement, especially if you manage multiple brands or collaborate with a team.
Guidelines Where You Need Them
Your brand guidelines now appear directly inside the Canva editor, giving you instant access to tone, typography, and design rules without switching tabs. This will be especially useful for teams that rely on brand consistency across a wide range of assets.
Video 2.0
Canva has introduced a redesigned video editing environment with a new multi-layer timeline intended to make it easier to layer clips, music, and text with more precision and control. There’s also a Magic Video feature designed to help create quick, trend-style edits automatically.
The goal behind these changes is to make video creation more streamlined and flexible, but I’ve already seen feedback from users who find the new layout less intuitive so far.
Canva has rolled out a temporary solution for that: you can now switch back to the original video editing environment if you prefer. To do this, go to your Canva account settings and toggle off the new multi-track video editor under your profile settings.
I’ll be exploring the new editor further once I’m home and will share more about how it works in practice and what the transition looks like for everyday users.
Canva Code 2.0
Canva Code, originally introduced earlier this year, continues to develop in interesting directions. It now allows you to build interactive, data-connected designs that can be tied directly to Canva Sheets.
You can:
- Capture data in real time, with each response flowing automatically into a connected Canva Sheet
- Edit your creation directly in Canva and see updates reflected immediately
- Publish interactive designs as live websites with custom URLs
I previously shared a tutorial on Canva Code following its May 2025 launch, and I’ll be creating an updated version soon to reflect these latest developments.
Canva Email
Canva has also introduced new email design and export tools that allow you to create and preview email layouts directly within Canva, then export them as HTML for use with your preferred email platform.
Canva’s clearly aiming to bring more of the marketing process into its ecosystem, but I’ll need to spend some time exploring this new feature to see what it does well, where it falls short, and when it actually makes sense to use it.
Forms
Another notable addition is the introduction of Forms, which are now available as a new element under the Elements panel in Canva. This lets you create on-brand forms that can be embedded directly into any Canva design or website.
Responses are automatically captured in Canva Sheets, allowing for uses like lead capture, feedback collection, or classroom assessments.
I’m particularly interested in how this will integrate with Canva Websites, since the inability to collect form data natively has long been one of the platform’s biggest limitations. This new addition could fill an important gap in Canva’s website functionality once it’s fully rolled out.
New Design Tools Worth Exploring
Canva has also refreshed the Elements panel itself, which now features a more graphical interface, making it easier to browse and discover creative tools and categories.
Within the updated environment, several new design tools stand out:
Magic Background
To use Magic Background, select the background of your design and look for “Magic BG” in the floating toolbar. This tool generates seamless, on-brand backgrounds that automatically match your design’s overall style and colour palette, and is a helpful way to enhance presentations, social posts, or product graphics without relying on stock photos.
3D Content Generator
You’ll find 3D as a new option under the Elements panel, and it allows you to create and rotate 3D objects directly in Canva… no external software required. Just type a prompt, choose a style, and insert your new 3D element into your design.
Style Match
To access Style Match, select the graphic that already has the visual style you want to replicate, then click the paint roller icon in the editor toolbar and choose “Copy visual style.” Next, select the graphic you’d like to update, and Canva will instantly apply the same look and feel, providing a quick way to keep your visuals consistent.
Shape Generator
Located under Shapes within the Elements panel, the Shape Generator lets you create custom shapes from a text prompt, whether you need icons, patterns, or abstract forms.
What’s Next
I’ll be exploring these features and updates more in the coming weeks and sharing tutorials as I go.
If you’d like to be notified when those go live, make sure you’re subscribed to my email list, as that’s where I’ll share practical guidance on how to use these new tools to stay organized and keep your Canva workspace running smoothly.
I’m wrapping up my time in Sydney soon, but there’s plenty more to come once I’ve had the chance to dig deeper into all these new developments!
