What’s New in JDK 26? Key Language, Library, and Runtime Enhancements
JDK 26, the latest non‑LTS Java release, adds ten JEP‑driven enhancements—including pattern‑matching for instanceof and switch, HTTP/3 support, PEM encoding, structured concurrency, lazy constants, a vector API, Applet removal, final‑mean changes, AOT cache support, and G1 GC throughput gains—providing developers with practical new capabilities to test before the next LTS version.
