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Latest Magento 2 PWA Studio Release and Updates 10.0.0 is Out

Latest Magento 2 PWA Studio Release and Updates 10.0.0 is Out

April 20, 2022

Progressive Web App or PWA is a Magento 2 web application that extends an unparalleled customer experience by making merchant sites responsive and compatible with any browser. The latest Magento 2 PWA Studio release 10.0.0 has the latest features, refactors, bug fixes, and various other improvements. The latest PWA Studio 10.0.0 is also compatible with Magento 2.4.2. It offers features like a build report tool, check or money order payments, a custom scaffolding template, the MegaMenu component, store switcher, increased test coverage, etc. It also displays improved performance by text compression enabled for the UPWARD-JS server, removing unused Javascript in Venia and improving render blicking and response in Venia. Merchants can increase store functionality by integrating the new PWA compatible Magento extensions.

Adobe Announces Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare

Adobe Announces Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare

March 31, 2022

Adobe recently announced the general availability of Adobe Experience Cloud for Healthcare at the Adobe Summit. The platform allows healthcare companies to securely transform their consumer insights into personalized customer journeys and digital experiences. The data capabilities unlock capabilities across the entire healthcare ecosystem, empowering personalized experience considering the confidential nature of healthcare. Adobe Real-Time Customer Data Platform, Adobe Journey Optimizer, and Adobe Customer Journey Analytics' latest applications have become HIPAA-ready to support the venture. The idea is to offer customers seamless active participation in healthcare while supporting healthcare providers, insurance companies, pharmacies, and lifestyle companies.

Adobe Enables Agencies and Brands for Metaverse Success

Adobe Enables Agencies and Brands for Metaverse Success

March 19, 2022

At the recent Adobe Summit – The Digital Experience Conference, held in San Jose, California, Adobe announced a series of innovations, integrations, and investments designed to position its collaborating brands to succeed in the metaverse. Adobe is ready to empower its agencies and brands to try their hand in the metaverse. Adobe has started to adapt to the demands of immersive 3D design to streamline marketing production, product design, and other processes. Adobe has recently collaborated with big brands like The Coca-Cola Company, Epic Games, NASCAR, NVIDIA, etc., for 3D content creation, eCommerce development, and portable immersive experiences. Adobe started previews for new 3D and augmented reality (AR) tools for building immersive experiences for its customers.

Quality Patches Tool Available for Adobe Commerce / Magento Open Source

March 5, 2022

Adobe Commerce Support creates quality patches as per customer requests. The Quality Patches Tool delivers patches created by Adobe for Adobe Commerce and Magento Open Source customers. One can easily install the package via Composer. The tool identifies the version of Adobe Commerce / Magento Open Source that the installation is running and lists the available patches. Developers can apply or revert patches using the tool. After announcing New Delivery Process for Community Contributions, the Open Source contributors also distribute patches using the Quality Patches Tool. The Quality Patches Tool allows merchants immediate access to fixes created by Adobe and the community of Open Source contributors. Currently, 329 quality patches have been released till date for versions starting from 2.3.0.

Forrester Wave Digital Asset Management Report 2022 Names Adobe a Leader

February 28, 2022

Adobe is named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™Digital Asset Management for Customer Experience for Q1 2022. The report evaluated 14 DAM vendors for their current product offering, strategy and vision, roadmap, past performance, ecosystem, and customer success. Adobe is recognized for investment in digital asset management through Adobe Experience Manager Assets. In 2021, AdobeAdobe introduced Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Workfront to simplify complex marketing processes. The introduction of Adobe Sensei, Photoshop, Lightroom, and other rich media technology helped AdobeAdobe generate intelligent automation and delivery capabilities, enabling brands to create millions of net-new asset variations. Adobe has built strategic partnerships with leaders in various industries to make the world’s most intelligent and connected DAM.

Adobe Launches Adobe Commerce 2.4.4 to Future-proof Business

February 19, 2022

Adobe Commerce 2.4.4 is the new release from Adobe with enhanced commerce capabilities, security, and performance. Built on the latest PHP version 8.1, it has faster access to features delivered as SaaS services, easier maintenance and upgrades, significant performance and scalability increases, and a better ability to integrate deeply with other Adobe Experience Cloud applications. It has new functionality delivered through independent modular services than core code updates, enabling faster adoption and less frequent upgrades. Adobe Managed Services and other enhanced support options help merchants maintain healthy, robust, scalable sites. Increased GraphQL API coverage, adding personalized content to PWA Studio, 15% improvements on average in performance on both the Admin and storefront, etc., are other enhanced features.

Adobe – Advanis Partnership Reveals Research Results on Cookieless Future

February 10, 2022

In October 2020, Adobe partnered with the renowned market and social research firm Advanis to conduct a comprehensive study on the cookieless future. The idea was to launch a third-party cookieless experience for the customers in the future years. Since the initial Identity Evolution study outcomes came out, Adobe and Advanis have reached out to consumers and professionals to understand the changing trends in urgency and readiness, potential solutions, and consumer perceptions. This study is significant because Apple has already acted on its promise of consumer consent for mobile app tracking with the iOS 14.5 rollout. Though Google has extended its expiration date of third-party cookies on Chrome to 2023, the study found that the marketers want to finish the task ahead of their competitors.

Adobe Prepares for the Launch of Adobe Commerce 2.4.4

January 31, 2022

Adobe Commerce will unveil its latest variant in March 2022. The release is to future-proof Adobe partners. The advanced version of PHP (8.1) is the base for the new version. The variation claims advanced headless support, increased performance, and better B2B and B2C capabilities. To support their clients, Adobe conducted a 2.4 Upgrade Workshop on 26th January 2022, partnering with LiveArea, a Merkle company. The recording is available after the event under the Adobe Experience League Tutorials section. Adobe has ensured that the transition is seamless for its managed services by letting them work with their customer engineering team for support. They collaborate on several factors of the upgrade process like production launch, analysis, cloud services upgrade, quality and user acceptance testing etc.

Adobe Appoints Brett Biggs and Spencer Neumann to Board of Directors

January 24, 2022

Neumann and Biggs bring the number of Adobe’s board of directors to 12, a piece of important news after Jim Daley retired in November 2021 and served as an Adobe director for over two decades. Biggs worked as executive vice president and chief financial officer for Walmart Inc. He was in charge of global finance, indirect procurement functions, and corporate strategy. Neumann’s last stint was as the chief financial officer for Netflix from January 2019. Before Netflix, Neumann acted as Activision Blizzard’s Chief Financial Officer. He has also held several senior positions at The Walt Disney Company. Shantanu Narayen, chairman and CEO of Adobe, stated that they were looking forward to having their deep experience in content, direct-to-consumer businesses, global operations and digital transformation to take the company forward.

Magento 2.4.4 Release Scheduled for March 8

January 17, 2022

It’s an exciting year for Adobe Commerce as it has lined up back-to-back version updates for 2022. Everyone’s geared up for Adobe Summit 2022. However, most eyes are set on the latest version of Adobe Commerce 2.4.4. All four Beta versions are already out, with the last released on January 10th. Magento 2.4.4 will have significant upgrades, such as PHP 8.1 support, separation from vendor bundled extensions, and an increased number of third-party dependencies. By separating VBE from the core Magento 2.4.4 release, the eCommerce platform has equipped merchants with quick access to almost all advancements and features. Thus, making it more straightforward for business owners to develop their online store. Ensure that you are updated with the latest Magento news to not miss out on any crucial information surrounding the release of Magento 2.4.4.

Magneto 2.4.4 Launched Beta 4 Version

January 10, 2022

Magento 2.4.4 is expected to be launched by March 8, 2022. Before this, Magento has been releasing the beta version of 2.4.4 since October 2021. Beta 1 Magento 2.4.4 was released on October 18, 2021; Beta 2 Magento 2.4.4 on November 22, 2021; Beta 3 Magento 2.4.4 on December 14, 2021; and finally, Beta 4 Magento 2.4.4 will be released today, January 10, 2022. This latest and final Beta version will include modifications suggested from all the previous Beta versions. Magento continues to encourage developers, programmers, and other users to test this new release. Not only will it help them get adjusted to the upcoming Magento 2.4.4, but it also helps the eCommerce platform to improve their latest release. Developers identify issues, such as bugs, while testing the Beta version and report to Adobe Commerce.

Adobe Commerce Announces Support for Extension Subscription

January 3, 2022

Adobe continuously strives to offer a better client experience to help them grow their online business. The convenience of their customers is their top priority. To further expand their services, Magento Open Source and Adobe Commerce have announced to release of support for extension subscription models for its customers and developers. The subscription model enables professionals to offer ongoing support and financial help to products. This will unload some burden from the business owners’ shoulders and lower the maintenance costs for them. The eCommerce world is gradually switching to subscription models, making extension providers do the same. Most popular online marketplaces and eCommerce ecosystems have already implemented the subscription model.