What AWS shipped in April 2026

Top announcements of the What’s Next with AWS, 2026

AWS introduced Amazon Quick, an AI assistant for work with desktop app access and new pricing tiers, and expanded Amazon Connect into four agentic AI solutions for supply chains, hiring, customer expe…

AWS Weekly Roundup: Anthropic & Meta partnership, AWS Lambda S3 Files, Amazon Bedrock AgentCore CLI, and more (April 27, 2026)

AWS announced expanded collaborations with Anthropic and Meta to enhance AI infrastructure and capabilities. Anthropic is training models on AWS Trainium and Graviton, while Meta will deploy tens of m…

AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Opus 4.7 in Amazon Bedrock, AWS Interconnect GA, and more (April 20, 2026)

AWS announced the general availability of Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 in Amazon Bedrock, featuring improved performance in coding, long-running agents, and professional knowledge work. The model score…

Introducing Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 model in Amazon Bedrock

Amazon Bedrock now offers Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4.7 model, the most advanced Opus variant for coding, agentic workflows, and professional tasks. The model leverages Amazon Bedrock’s new inference en…

AWS Interconnect is now generally available, with a new option to simplify last-mile connectivity

AWS announced the general availability of AWS Interconnect – multicloud, a managed private connectivity service enabling direct, high-speed Layer 3 connections between Amazon VPCs and VPCs on other cl…

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced several new features and updates across its platform. The most significant change is the launch of Amazon S3 Files, which makes S3 buckets accessible as high-perfo…

AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Mythos Preview in Amazon Bedrock, AWS Agent Registry, and more (April 13, 2026)

Amazon Bedrock introduced two major updates this week: cost allocation by IAM user and role, and the availability of Claude Mythos Preview. The cost allocation feature allows teams to tag IAM principa…

Launching S3 Files, making S3 buckets accessible as file systems

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched S3 Files, a new capability that enables Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) buckets to be accessed as native file systems. This innovation bridges the long-standi…

AWS Weekly Roundup: AWS DevOps Agent & Security Agent GA, Product Lifecycle updates, and more (April 6, 2026)

AWS announced the general availability (GA) of two new autonomous agents: AWS DevOps Agent and AWS Security Agent, following their preview at re:Invent. The AWS DevOps Agent automates cloud operations…

Amazon Bedrock Guardrails supports cross-account safeguards with centralized control and management

Amazon Bedrock Guardrails has introduced cross-account safeguards with centralized control and management, now generally available across all AWS commercial and GovCloud regions where Bedrock Guardrai…

Announcing managed daemon support for Amazon ECS Managed Instances

AWS has introduced managed daemon support for Amazon ECS Managed Instances, a new capability that decouples the lifecycle management of operational agents (e.g., monitoring, logging, tracing tools) fr…

Amazon ECS now supports managed daemon tasks for ECS Managed Instances, decoupling operational tooling management from application workloads. This change allows platform engineers to independently dep

Customize your AWS Management Console experience with visual settings including account color, region and service visibility

AWS introduced new visual customization features for the AWS Management Console in August 2025, expanding its User Experience Customization (UXC) capability. The update allows account administrators t…

Announcing Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL serverless database creation in seconds

AWS has announced the general availability of a new express configuration for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, enabling users to create a production-ready serverless database in seconds with minimal setup. T…

Our First 2026 AWS Heroes Cohort Is Here!

AWS has announced its first 2026 AWS Heroes cohort, recognizing three community leaders for their contributions to the AWS ecosystem. Maurizio Argoneto, a CTO and organizer of the AWS User Group Basil…

AWS has introduced several new features and services across its platform, with the most significant being the launch of account regional namespaces for Amazon S3 general purpose buckets. This feature

Announcing the AWS Sustainability console: Programmatic access, configurable CSV reports, and Scope 1–3 reporting in one place

AWS launched the AWS Sustainability console, a standalone service consolidating sustainability reporting and resources for AWS customers. The new console introduces programmatic access to emissions da…