Java 24 arrived today in a production release, packed with two dozen features. It’s a short-term support release eligible for six months of premier support.

A preview feature in JDK 22 combines the strengths of virtual threads and parallel streams to improve optimization and performance. Here's how it works.

This latest version of Java, due to arrive as a production release on September 16, has 18 features. JDK 25 comes on the heels of JDK 24, a six-month-support release that arrived March 18.