Another Crazy Day in AI: Canva Drops 9 Game-Changing Tools

Wowza Team
5 days ago
4 min read

Hello, AI Enthusiasts.

Weekend is calling. Before you pick up your coffee or cocktails, check this out.

Canva just dropped nine new tools to supercharge creativity, from video editing to marketing magic. Over 40 billion designs later, they’re asking the big question: if you had unlimited creative power, what would you actually make?

Speaking of making things easier, Amazon’s AI-powered Kindle Translate is helping authors reach readers in new languages.

Meanwhile, Google is popping up in headlines again with ADK for Go, giving developers the power to build AI agents that can think, plan, and collaborate like a tiny team of digital experts.

Step away from the screen and let your thoughts roam.

Here's another crazy day in AI:

What Canva announced at their 2025 World Tour
Amazon launches AI-powered translation for Kindle authors
Google brings the Agent Development Kit to Go developers
Some AI tools to try out

TODAY'S FEATURED ITEM: Inside Canva's 2025 Launch Event

A robotic scientist in a classic white coat with 'AI Scientist' on its back stands beside a human scientist with 'Human Scientist' on their coat, looking towards the AI Scientist.

Image Credit: Wowza (created with Ideogram, edited on Canva)

Have you ever wondered if the tools we use to create actually shape what we're capable of imagining?

Canva hosted their 2025 World Tour finale in Sydney last week, where founders Melanie Perkins, Cliff Obrecht, and Cameron Adams presented nine major product launches. The event wasn’t just another tech announcement... it explored a bigger question about where we’re headed as creative professionals and what tools we actually need to bring ideas to life. After traveling to over 40 cities across 30 countries, the team gathered more than 1 million feature requests from their community, and these launches are their direct response. With 40 billion designs already created on the platform (that’s about 433 new designs every second), Canva is expanding well beyond simple graphic design into video editing, data integration, professional creative tools, and marketing automation. he company also reaffirmed their commitment to social impact, including $100 million in partnerships to address poverty and over $1.5 billion in product value donated to educators and nonprofits.

What was announced during the keynote:

Video 2.0 – A redesigned editor giving creators access to advanced video tools while keeping the process simple and approachable.
Interactive Forms and Canva Code – Features that merge creativity and data, allowing users to collect and connect information directly within their designs.
Email Design – Lets users create responsive, branded emails without leaving Canva.
Canva Design Model – A system that understands design principles and generates editable layouts from short prompts.
Ask Canva – A built-in design assistant that provides real-time layout and style suggestions.
Canva Grow – A workspace that supports businesses in planning, publishing, and managing marketing campaigns.
Canva Brand System – Updated tools to help teams maintain consistent branding across large-scale projects.
Affinity Relaunch – A professional creative suite for vector, pixel, and layout design, now offered for free.
Social Responsibility – Continued focus on education, sustainability, and poverty alleviation through global partnerships and donations.

The Affinity decision is genuinely surprising. Professional design software has always come with a price tag that adds up quickly, and making that kind of tool completely free changes the math for a lot of people—students, freelancers, small studios who've been choosing between expensive subscriptions or less capable alternatives. Whether it actually competes with the industry standards people are used to will depend on how it performs in real-world projects, but at least the cost barrier is gone. That alone is worth paying attention to.

What might be more interesting than any single feature is how all these pieces connect in actual use. A platform that handles everything from collecting data to publishing campaigns sounds convenient on paper, but the real test is whether it actually saves time or just moves the complexity around. For small teams juggling multiple subscriptions and logins, this kind of consolidation could be genuinely helpful. For larger organizations, having brand guidelines right where people work might solve some persistent headaches. On the other hand, putting so much into one ecosystem means betting on that company's decisions going forward. The gap between a polished keynote demo and day-to-day workflow can be pretty wide, so it'll be interesting to see how these tools actually feel once people have been using them for a few months.

Watch the Keynote here.

OTHER INTERESTING AI HIGHLIGHTS:

Amazon Launches AI-Powered Translation for Kindle Authors

/Amazon Newsroom

Amazon has launched Kindle Translate, an AI-powered translation service now in beta for select Kindle Direct Publishing authors. The service currently supports English–Spanish and German–English translations, enabling authors to reach new readers and expand their global audience. Translations are automatically evaluated for accuracy, and authors can preview or publish completed versions through the KDP portal. For readers, translated books include clear labels and samples, with eligibility for Kindle Unlimited and KDP Select programs.

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