All news with #product update tag

🔒 Google has begun rolling out Android developer verification, requiring developers who distribute apps outside Google Play to create an account in the Android Developer Console to confirm their identity. The rollout precedes a September enforcement in Brazil, Indonesia, Singapore, and Thailand, with global expansion planned next year. Sideloading of unregistered APKs remains possible for power users via an advanced flow that includes an authentication step and a one-off 24-hour waiting period to deter scammers.

🔁 AWS Marketplace now offers sellers a streamlined self-service workflow for refunds and agreement cancellations that removes the need to file support tickets and provides full visibility into request status. Sellers can create requests from the Agreements page or programmatically via the AWS Marketplace Agreement APIs; requests are pre-populated with agreement and invoice data and processed automatically. Buyers can approve cancellations in-console and see refunds reflected on their charge summary, and KYC verification is limited only to invoices that require compliance validation.

⚠️ AWS announced availability changes across multiple products: some services and features are moving to Maintenance, a set of services are entering Sunset, and one feature has reached End of Support. Starting April 30, 2026, services designated as Maintenance will no longer be accessible to new customers, while existing customers may continue use. Notable items include Amazon ARC Readiness Check, Amazon Comprehend features, AWS App Runner, and Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle. AWS is providing migration guides and support to assist affected customers.

💽 Amazon ECS Managed Instances now supports using Amazon EC2 instance store volumes as a data volume option for container workloads. You can enable local storage by configuring a custom ECS Managed Instances capacity provider and selecting EC2 instance types that include instance store volumes; when an instance lacks instance store or local storage is disabled, Amazon ECS will automatically provision an Amazon EBS data volume. This reduces storage costs and can accelerate I/O for latency-sensitive workloads. Support is available in all commercial AWS Regions where ECS Managed Instances is offered.

📱 AWS End User Messaging now supports Rich Communication Services (RCS) for Business, enabling brands to deliver verified, branded messages that display company name and logo within native messaging apps. The service lets you create and manage RCS agents in the console or via APIs and includes automated SMS fallback when recipients lack RCS support. Integration uses existing AWS event and messaging pipelines to enable bidirectional, AI-driven conversational experiences.

💬 Amazon Connect now offers a click-to-run chat simulation capability that lets teams validate self-service and agent chat workflows with minimal setup. Tests can be configured with channel, customer attributes, intent or reason, expected responses and business conditions such as after-hours or full queues. Results present pass/fail status, the interaction path and detailed logs to speed diagnosis, and multiple tests can run concurrently. Integrated analytics surface common failure patterns so organizations can deploy and iterate with greater confidence.

🛠️ Microsoft has resolved a bug that caused the classic Outlook client to crash when the Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-in was enabled. First reported on March 12 and tracked under incident EX1254044, the issue occurred when older Outlook builds used the Teams Meeting Add‑in build 1.26.02603, for example Current Channel Outlook <= Version 2402 (Build 17328.20142). A fix is rolling out with Teams version 26058.712.4527.9297; Microsoft recommends updating Outlook to the latest build or performing an Online Repair for click‑to‑run installs. As a temporary workaround, users who must remain on an older Office build can disable the Teams Meeting Add‑in via Outlook Safe Mode (Ctrl on launch) and the COM Add‑ins dialog.

📍 Amazon Location Service now supports GrabMaps, offering simplified APIs that remove the need for upfront resource creation and accelerate integration for maps, places, and routing across Southeast Asia. GrabMaps delivers region-specific, frequently refreshed geospatial data informed by Grab's regional operations. The capability is available in ap-southeast-1 and ap-southeast-5 and covers eight countries, enabling faster development of logistics, ride-hailing, and consumer location services.

🛠️ AWS announced seven new AWS-managed transformations for Transform custom, designed to accelerate code modernization across multiple languages and frameworks. General availability includes a comprehensive codebase analysis that produces hierarchical, cross-referenced documentation and a Node.js version upgrade with full dependency modernization. Early access transformations target Java performance tuning, Log4j to SLF4J migration, Angular to React conversion, and Angular and Vue version upgrades. All AWS-managed transformations are validated, customizable, and benefit from continual learning; the service is available in US East (N. Virginia) and Europe (Frankfurt).

🚀 Amazon CloudFront now supports bringing your own IPv6 addresses (BYOIP) for Anycast Static IPs using VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM). Administrators can create unified IPAM pools for IPv4 (/24) and IPv6 (/48) and assign dual‑stack Anycast Static IP lists, preserving existing allow‑lists and branding when migrating to CloudFront. The feature is available in most commercial AWS Regions with a few regional exceptions.

🔁 Amazon CloudWatch centralization now supports selecting logs by data source name and type in addition to log group names. Customers can target AWS service logs (automatically discovered) and application logs (via log group tags) to copy telemetry from multiple accounts and regions into a single destination account. Rules can focus on types like VPC Flow Logs, EKS Audit Logs, and CloudTrail Logs to simplify security and operational monitoring. Create or modify centralization rules in the console, AWS CLI, or SDKs; standard CloudWatch Logs pricing applies for ingestion, storage, and data transfer.

📡 Amazon Kinesis Video Streams (KVS) now supports WebRTC in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, enabling real-time, two-way media streaming with sub-second latency for security-sensitive workloads. This extends KVS's secure ingest, storage, and processing capabilities to mission-critical use cases such as live surveillance, body-worn camera streaming, drone feeds, and IoT monitoring while preserving data residency and compliance. The feature is available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) and (US-West).

📡 AWS Direct Connect now publishes three Amazon CloudWatch metrics for virtual interfaces, giving network teams native visibility into BGP session health and route counts. The new VirtualInterfaceBgpStatus, VirtualInterfaceBgpPrefixesAccepted and VirtualInterfaceBgpPrefixesAdvertised report session state, on-prem prefix intake, and routes advertised by AWS, enabling proactive alarms and validation of configuration changes. These metrics apply to private, public and transit VIFs in all commercial AWS Regions and integrate with CloudWatch alarms, dashboards and Amazon SNS to reduce detection time and simplify hybrid network operations.

✨ The Check Point Portal has received its largest visual refresh to date, delivering a brighter, cleaner and more modern UI designed to improve task completion and reduce clutter. The redesign introduces a new design system that rethinks spacing, typography, and component hierarchy to surface what matters faster. Administrators will find familiar functionality preserved while navigation and workflows are streamlined. The update emphasizes clarity, performance, and a consistent visual language.

🔍 Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB now provides Advanced Metrics that automatically publishes detailed operational metrics from InfluxDB 2 instances to Amazon CloudWatch. The capability supports both Single‑AZ and Multi‑AZ deployments and requires no additional configuration or instrumentation. Teams can use the metrics to monitor resource utilization, query performance, and system health in real time, build custom dashboards, and configure automated alerts based on predefined thresholds. Advanced Metrics is available in all Regions where the service is offered.

🔒 Amazon Connect now applies tag-based access control (TBAC) to quick response assignments for routing profiles. Administrators can restrict which routing profiles receive specific quick responses based on their TBAC permissions, so agents only see templates relevant to their assigned profiles. This change aligns quick responses with existing Amazon Connect resource access controls and supports compliance and localized disclosure workflows. The update is available in multiple AWS Regions.

🔒 Amazon CloudWatch Logs Infrequent Access (Logs IA) now supports expanded analytics and data protection capabilities, including OpenSearch PPL and OpenSearch SQL query support. These additions let customers run advanced, flexible queries on infrequently accessed logs while keeping data consolidated natively on AWS. Built-in data protection can automatically detect and mask sensitive information in logs, helping organizations meet security and compliance requirements without manual redaction. Logs IA remains a lower-cost ingestion class with existing features like Logs Insights Query Language, S3 export, and encryption, making it suitable for ad-hoc troubleshooting and forensic analysis.

🚀 AWS now supports up to 32 GB of memory and up to 16 vCPUs for functions running on Lambda Managed Instances, enabling compute-intensive workloads without managing infrastructure. Customers can choose memory-to-vCPU ratios of 2:1, 4:1, or 8:1 to match CPU- or memory-heavy tasks (for example, 16, 8, or 4 vCPUs at 32 GB). The capability is available in all Regions where Lambda Managed Instances is GA and can be configured via Console, CLI, CloudFormation, CDK, or SAM.

🔧 AWS announced the general availability of Visible services and Visible Regions account settings in the AWS Management Console. Administrators can customize which services and Regions appear for authorized users to simplify navigation and reduce clutter. Configure these options in Console under Unified Settings or programmatically via User Experience Customization (UXC) with the AWS CLI, SDKs, CDK, or CloudFormation; the features are available in AWS Commercial Regions at no additional cost.

🔍 Cloudflare has added complete visual diagrams to the Cloudflare Workflows dashboard so developers can better inspect and debug code-first workflows. Because Workflows are dynamic code — with Promises, await, loops and nested functions — Cloudflare parses the bundled script at deploy time into an AST, using oxc-parser and a Rust Worker compiled to WebAssembly to translate nodes into a graph. The renderer maps step and function relationships, tracks parallelism and ordering with starts and resolves indices, and exposes a concise set of node types to support debugging and future real-time tracing features.