- Android Extensions get multiple upgrades: improved view‑cache handling, correct synthetic property generation across flavors, enhanced lint checks, and clearer diagnostics for ambiguous IDs.
- Kotlin compiler adds new capabilities (JSR‑305 meta‑annotations, inline suspend support) and many performance optimizations such as boxing elimination, StringBuilder reuse, and faster comparisons, plus numerous bug fixes and more accurat...
- IDE receives new refactorings (inline property, label rename), richer code‑style options, faster code‑completion and inspection handling, and stability fixes for indexing, project opening, and navigation.