All news with #product update tag

✉️ Google is rolling out a U.S. option that lets users change the username portion of their @gmail.com address or add a new alias. The update is available from Google Account settings and requires selecting a unique new username; changes propagate across services such as Gmail, Photos, and Drive. If the toggle is missing, the feature isn’t yet available for that account or region. Google says the old username will remain linked to the account and will not be reissued.

🚀 Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink now supports Apache Flink 2.2, offering runtime improvements including Java 17 support, RocksDB 8.10.0 for improved I/O, and serialization enhancements. The release deprecates the Dataset API and Scala APIs. You can create new Flink 2.2 applications or perform in-place version upgrades across AWS regions to simplify adoption. These updates aim to improve performance, reliability, and upgrade velocity for streaming workloads.

🔍 Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio now surfaces Amazon CloudWatch metrics for AWS Glue jobs directly alongside job logs in a single, unified interface. Data engineers can correlate DPU utilization, memory consumption, CPU load, and data movement size with log output to diagnose compute bottlenecks and memory pressure faster. The consolidated view reduces mean time to resolution for ETL pipelines and is available in all Regions where SageMaker Unified Studio is generally available. To view metrics, open a Glue job run and select the Metrics tab.

🧭 AWS Organizations API responses now include the complete organizational path for accounts and organizational units, eliminating the need to traverse hierarchies with multiple calls. APIs such as DescribeAccount, ListAccounts and DescribeOrganizationalUnit return the full path (for example: o-{orgId}/r-{rootId}/ou-{ouId}/{accountId}) in a single response. This reduces operational overhead, lowers latency and simplifies troubleshooting, governance and automation workflows. The capability is available in all commercial Regions and AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, helping enterprises and regulated customers gain immediate org context.

☁️ AWS Deadline Cloud introduces three new fleet scaling options—worker idle duration, standby worker count, and scale out rate—to give creative teams finer control over render farm capacity and responsiveness. Worker idle duration keeps instances available after jobs complete to reduce cold starts and speed artist iteration. Standby worker count maintains a pool of pre-warmed workers for immediate job starts, while scale out rate lets you control expansion speed up to 500 workers per minute to match infrastructure and budget needs.

🔒 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.