What Buffer shipped in 2026

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How Dustin Kuhns Uses Buffer Insights to Let Taste Lead

Buffer highlights a case study where Dustin Kuhns, a social media consultant for arts and culture organizations, adopted Buffer’s new Insights analytics tool to track performance across 10+ channels. …

I Built a Workflow That Reads My Community's Slack and Writes a Week of Posts in My Voice

A Buffer community lead built an AI-powered pipeline that scans Slack for community questions, clusters them, and drafts public posts in their voice using the Buffer API. The workflow reduced manual c…

Access your Drafts from the Calendar

Buffer introduced a sidebar in its Calendar view to display all drafts, including team-pending posts, enabling direct drag-and-drop scheduling or inline edits. The feature is accessible via the 'No Da…

The Buffer Plugin for TRMNL Is Here, and We're Giving Some Devices Away

Buffer introduced an official plugin for TRMNL’s e-ink displays, allowing users to view their Buffer queue and post statuses ambiently on their desks. The integration leverages Buffer’s newly public A…

Pricing updated for Buffer: - Essentials: $60/mo → $5/mo (92% decrease) - Essentials: allowance changed from 1 channel to Unlimited scheduled posts, unlimited ideas, 1 user account - Team: $120/mo → $

Saved Custom Views

Buffer introduced Saved Custom Views, allowing users to save and name custom filter combinations (channels, tags, statuses) as bookmarked views in the sidebar. This streamlines access to frequently us…

Pricing updated for Buffer: - Free: promotion ended (was: Free forever) - Free: allowance changed from 3 channels to 3 channels, 10 scheduled posts per channel (refillable), 100 ideas, 1 user account

What’s new at Buffer

Buffer introduced a suite of updates including Post Composer enhancements, a new Buffer Home landing page, AI agent integration via MCP, alt text generation for images, expanded LinkedIn reactions, an…

Pricing updated for Buffer: - Free: new promotion — Free forever - Essentials: $5/yr → $60/yr (1100% increase) - Essentials: new promotion — Billed yearly (save 2 months) - Team: $10/yr → $120/yr (110

How to Manage Multiple Social Media Accounts: 7 Tips to Do It Like a Pro

Social Media Calendar: 11 Free Templates + How to Make Your Own

Buffer vs. Metricool in 2026: An Honest Comparison

Pricing updated for Buffer: - Free: promotion ended (was: Free forever) - Free: allowance changed from 3 channels, 10 scheduled posts per channel, 100 ideas, 1 user account to 3 channels - Essentials:

Buffer vs. Sprout Social (2026): An Honest Comparison

Instagram DM Automation: How I’m Growing My Following Without Sounding Like a Bot

A Buffer content creator explains how Instagram DM automation via Meta’s official API (e.g., ManyChat, Meta Business Suite) can grow followers by auto-sending DMs to commenters. The piece emphasizes u…

Post Composer Improvements ✨

Buffer rolled out three Post Composer enhancements: users can now write posts before selecting channels, content recovery restores drafts after unexpected closures, and a redesigned channel selector p…

Meet Buffer Home

Buffer introduced Buffer Home, a new landing page consolidating social activity across all Buffer features into a single view. Users can now customize their default landing page to Home or Publish via…