Magento 2.4 to Release in 2020. What to Expect?

Very recently, all of us witnessed the Adobe Summit 2020 going live and delivering resourceful insights and innovation to the products, services and technologies. The event brought forward many new strategies like the Digital Economy Index, the CXM Playbook, etc. into the play but one major aspect of the entire event was Magento Commerce. With the online Adobe Summit 2020, a new version of the Magento eCommerce platform was announced – Magento 2.4! This version of the platform will be available after the second half of the year, most probably in Q3, and comprises breath-taking features, improvements, component updates and product stability.

Jason Woosley, VP Commerce Product and Platform at Adobe took the time to deliver his session on Commerce and how Adobe is going to change the experience for its users. You can easily register and watch the session. Since most modern businesses are moving online, it is only evident that they will need a robust, flexible and scalable solution that can help them. It is in the roadmap of Adobe Cloud Experience to expand the opportunities in the digital commerce industry and also bring forward newer Magento product innovation to cater to businesses and accelerate the buying process. Woosley mentioned that this is going to be the era of Experience-Driven Commerce since people tend to buy experiences, not products. Woosley also assured that since Magento Commerce is self integrated with the Adobe Cloud Experience, users will gain an unparalleled service post-implementation. With Magento 2.4 in the grasp now, it is only clear that the game is going to change in the eCommerce market. Below we discuss some of the latest features and enhancements of Magento 2.4.

What’s New in Magento 2.4 ---

The All-new Magento 2.4 APIs

Community-developed code is a crucial part of the Magento platform and contributes numerous features and improvements to the framework. Magento teams and community contributors have worked together to create an incredible team of professionals and eCommerce experts that deliver the best eCommerce platform on the market. With Magento 2.4, Magento Commerce has introduced brand new APIs into the market. Magento will be opening the 2.4-develop branch in the Magento2 project repository to provide access to the entire Magento Community. This way, all existing community pull requests will be redirected to the new branch and will be delivered to the market within the scope of the 2.4.x releases.

Also, Magento has been working hard for improvements in their GraphQL and soon they assure to provide the R&D and the high-performing new GraphQL to the entire community.

Magento 2 PWAs

With Magento 2.4, we can expect to see Progressive Web Applications changing the game of mobile commerce significantly in the coming years. We expect that PWA will soon become the leading way to create e-commerce websites since it combines the best features of native apps and the web. The new Magento PWAs will be a 100% B2C storefront and will consist of key B2B experiences. Magento Commerce has enabled these PWA extensions of the Magento Marketplace for improved quality and performance.

The Adobe Stock Integration

To enhance the already superior shopping experience, Magento now has the Adobe Stock integration available. The Magento 2 Adobe Stock integration adds a searchable interface in Magento 2 Admin that allows the use of stock images inside PageBuilder and other editors. This allows the Adobe Stock to be directly integrated with the Magento Media Gallery. This integration provides the ability to discover stock imagery, preview them in the website, license and integrate stock assets, etc to the users.

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