Newszii Newsletter Issue 18: 5 Big Figma Updates from Config 2025 You Need to Know

🎨 Figma Just Redefined the Future of Design at Config 2025

From AI-powered prototyping to website publishing inside Figma, this year’s Config was a powerhouse of innovation. If you’re a designer, developer, or creative — you need to see what just dropped.

🚨 Here’s what’s hot:

1. ⚡ Figma Make: Turn your designs into interactive prototypes using just text prompts. AI meets design-to-dev — finally.
2. 🌐 Figma Sites: Yes, you can now build and publish full websites without leaving Figma. Pre-built templates, responsiveness, and full control included.
3. 📐 Grid: A game-changer for Auto Layout — giving you more flexibility with structured, responsive designs.
4. ✏️ Figma Draw: Advanced vector illustration, textured brushes, and rich editing tools — all inside Figma.
5. 🤝 Figma Buzz: A shared workspace for design and marketing to co-create branded assets, powered by AI-generated content and smart templates.

🧠 These updates aren’t just shiny features — they’re Figma’s bold step toward becoming a complete design-to-ship platform.

👉️ Full Recap Here: Config 2025 — Pushing Design Further

📧 Why Vertical Newsletters Are Winning Big in 2025

In a world overwhelmed by noise, niche newsletters are cutting through the clutter — and growing faster than ever.

Trying to please everyone is a trap. Today’s most successful creators are going deep, not wide — delivering hyper-focused content to specific, passionate audiences. These vertical newsletters build more than just readership — they build community, trust, and authority.

📬 Real-World Examples That Got It Right:

• Chartr – Turns complex data into beautifully simple visuals for business and economics enthusiasts.
• TLDR AI – Packs the latest in AI into bite-sized daily updates — perfect for busy tech pros.
• Milk Road – Covers crypto with wit, clarity, and a strong personal tone.
• Punchline – Brings humor and insight together in its satirical spin on culture and current events.

💡 Thinking about starting your own newsletter?

Now’s the time. Don’t wait until you’ve figured out everything. The key is to start small — but start focused. Find a niche you understand deeply and deliver consistent, valuable content that speaks directly to that community.

👉 Steal the Blueprint for Vertical Newsletter Success

📢 Prompt of the Day

Want to master the art of newsletter intros that actually convert?

Prompt:

Craft a newsletter introduction for <business> that engages <persona> by sharing valuable insights or tips related to <USP>. The introduction should entice readers to continue reading the full newsletter.

🖼️ Image Prompt of The Day

A [scene or setting] captured with a long exposure slow shutter speed. [What is moving in the scene?] leaves trails or motion blur across the frame, while [what stays still?] remains in sharp focus. The environment features [describe lighting—e.g., neon lights, sunset glow, reflections], creating a [mood or style—e.g., cinematic, dreamy, surreal] atmosphere. Colors are predominantly [color palette], and the composition emphasizes [highlight a creative element—e.g., symmetry, reflection, depth]. Highly detailed, artistically stylized, visually immersive.

📰 News Flash: Updates You Need to Catch Up On

• 🎨 Figma just launched a new “Grid” auto-layout for slick bento-style designs.

• ✍️ With the new “Text on a Path” feature, Figma makes it easy to bend type like a curve-loving wizard.

• 🌫️ Figma’s new blur control gives your layers a dreamy, progressive fade.

• 🎬 Descript’s AI co-editor now supports green screen, avatars, and studio-quality audio all in one place.

• 🔊 ElevenLabs just open-sourced a Nest.js Audio Starter Kit to speed up your dev process.

• 🌐 Webflow’s latest release, Webflow Cloud, helps developers deploy full-stack sites faster.

• 🎧 beehiiv now creates stunning podcast cover art with AI and lets you edit transcripts pre-publish.

• 💸 Flux 1.0 generations from Freepik now cost a whole 75% less.

• 🎵 Suno now lets you turn any song into lyric-filled video clips.

• 🧠 HeyGen’s “Avatar IV” can generate talking video avatars from just one photo.

• 🖱️ Play’s Simulator now lets you test prototypes on your desktop.

🧰 Creator’s Toolbox

• Make Ad: Create high-converting product ads in seconds with AI.

• Vermile: Generate and auto-publish SEO blog posts directly to WordPress.

• HeyGen: Create realistic AI avatars and video clones of yourself.

• Nelly: Build, use, and share AI agents for simple tasks to complex workflows — no code needed.

• TwelveLabs: Find anything, discover insights, and automate workflows using video AI.