In the Help menu there is a manual 'Check for Updates'. The Windows builds only automatically checks once per day. If you’ve purchased from the Affinity Store - each time you start the Affinity Store software it will check for updates and offer any available update. The software version can be seen on the splash screen and the About dialog (in Help > About Affinity Designer ). UPDATING TO THIS VERSION (which is free for all V2 users) To get notified when any new releases are made please follow the latest releases thread by clicking here The changes in Affinity Designer 2 for Windows 2.2.0 (those made since the last release Affinity Designer 2 for Windows 2.1.1) are listed in this FAQ forum post: Please see this FAQ thread for instructions on how to access the unsandboxed MSI/EXE version. This build is available as a (sandboxed) MSIX application installer and as an (unsandboxed) MSI/EXE traditional installer. We are pleased to announce an update for the Windows release of Affinity Designer 2, version 2.2.0