Palladium-catalyzed carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond construction are among the most significant and powerful methods in organic synthesis. Numerous investigations are focusing on the application and development of the ground-state reactivity of palladium catalyst. Recently, visible light-induced palladium catalysis has been reported to enable some unprecedented transformations via the photoexcited-state of the palladium complex, which could not be achieved under traditional thermal conditions. This highlight review discusses the recent progress in this sort of novel synthetic methods.