Apple today has added nine new design templates to its collection of Figma resources, significantly increasing the number of resources available for Figma users.
Previously the available resources focused solely on key operating systems like iOS and iPadOS, visionOS, and macOS. Now, nine new cross-platform feature templates are available.
Earlier this month, Apple for the first time released an official design kit for Figma users with iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 resources. Now that the visionOS SDK is officially available to developers, the company has also made available a new design kit for those who want to create app mockups for the Apple Vision Pro operating system.
Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference marches onward this week, and today, the company has a nice treat for designers. Apple has officially joined the Figma community and released its own design kit with iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 resources.
Apple left it to third-party developers to create whiteboard apps on iPad for years. Then it made one out of the blue called Freeform in iPadOS 16. iPhone and Mac versions put the collaborative app on more devices.
Yet Figma has had enough success in the market of collaborative whiteboard tools that Adobe wants to buy the company for $20 billion. While that deal appears to be in jeopardy due to regulatory concerns abroad, Figma’s interest in the iPad as a tool is clear and certain.
The company just dropped a new tool for iPad called FigJam that puts a Figma spin on the Freeform idea. FigJam is Figma’s whiteboarding space, introduced in 2021. Now the online whiteboard for teams is directly on the iPad.