1.9 is here! I have been testing out all the new features and there are some awesome ones! Here are my 3 favourites
Affinity can now do raster patterns. The feature is mainly in photo but if you have both photo and designer you can save the patterns as assets and import them into Designer.
You can now create raster brushes from a selection in both Designer and Photo
If you have purchased resources from the Affinity store its now easy to keep track of them right in the program UI and you can have them automatically installed!