Small changes, a calmer canvas.

Prepared 9 November 2026 · Rolling out on the Chrome Web Store

A clearer home for your current drawing, with safer switching and a softer look.

• A save-status pill beside Share shows the current drawing and save state.
• Each drawing stays linked to its own Drive file, with Rename and Save as copy.
• Change-based auto-save writes at most once a minute. Unchanged drawings do not create extra versions; leaving the tab attempts a save of pending changes.
• New and Open save your current drawing first, even when auto-save is paused.
• In-panel questions help with empty-canvas overwrites and edits made elsewhere.
• A compact searchable Drive list, a slimmer toolbar popup, light and dark themes, and a sketched pen-and-cloud mark.

Saving on tab hide or close is best effort and needs a connection. Saving is disabled in live collaboration rooms.

26 January 2026 · Version recorded in source history

Safer behavior in live collaboration sessions.

• Blocked project switching while an Excalidraw live collaboration room was active.
• Blocked loading a remote version during conflict resolution in a live session.
• Added a prominent explanation asking you to leave the live session first.

1.0.0

22 January 2026 · Initial version in source history

The first version connected Excalidraw drawings to Google Drive, with Google sign-in and controls for saving and opening drawings.

Follow-up work in the 1.0.0 source history added the on-page Drive button, loading feedback, keyboard isolation in the Drive menu, and fixes for drawing-switch races.