Release Date

September 12, 2017 (Final)

September 1, 2017 (Planned)

New Features

 LoRa stack

• LoRa PHY radio / transceiver (SX1276)
• LoRaWAN protocol - port of the stack in https://github.com/Lora-net/LoRaMac-node to Mynewt
• API for application to use LoRaWAN and PHY
• Sample API

Bluetooth Mesh Support

• Provisioning client (both PB-GATT and PB-ADV)
• GATT proxy
• Foundation Models

Enhancement/Fixes to existing features 

NimBLE stack enhancements

• GATT server improvements (support for changing registered services and toggling their visibility on the fly)
• improvements in HCI monitor over RTT support
• fixes for issues reported by static analysis tools

Newt Tool enhancements

• support for new MCUboot image format that allows for re-signing of images.
  
  

Additional Board Support Packages

• Calliope Mini

Known Issues and Limitations

Bluetooth 5 LE Coded PHY on nRF52840 PDK  - T_IFS is not stable

Newt has warning on multiple console  API exported  when building boot/boot_serial

newt resolves to use the correct console package and the warning can be ignored.