New Exciting Features in Magento 2.1

1. New Exciting Features in Magento2.1 Magento 2.1 is out now with a bunch of new improved features and one of the breathtaking change is the usage of UI components in the New/Edit page category. That is if a custom attribute has been added toacategorythenitshouldbespecifiedusinganXMLfile.Someofthemoreexcitingfeaturesareaslisted below: Security enhancements Though there are no reported threats or attacks till date but still it is important to upgrade your Magento to the latest version as it ensures that the customer information cannot be exploited or it cannot take over administrator sessions. PayPal enhancements It now has in-context checkout and saved cards. With the help of Saved cards purchasing items from the admininterfaceiseasierascustomersneednotre-enterthecreditcarddetailseverytimewhilechecking out so it is a boon for the customers. The conversion rates are increased by using In-context checkout as customers can now pay with PayPal without exiting the merchant’ssite. Improved managementinterfaces With this version, it is faster and simpler. Information can easily be searched in the Admin, creation of new products, and global search synonyms can be setup. Installation and upgrade Fixedissues The product version is correctly updated after upgrading the Magento system software. By compressing packages on repo.magento.com we can now see improved performance of installations as well as upgrades. A Web Setup Wizard can only be run when a user has complete access to the MagentoAdmin.

2. If the installation is incomplete one can successfully uninstall the Magento software. Issues with running integration tests on Microsoft Windows have beenfixed. Shopping and product fixedissues The Add to Cart button translation has now been fixed with this translation. Registered users shopping cartnowreturnthecompletelistofproducts.Inthisversion,thedateandtimefieldarealsoonpoint.No random failure of shopping cart shipping estimation. A fixed amount discount for an entire cart can now easilybecreatedinthislatestversion.Savingaproductthathasbeenassignedtomorethanonewebsite. A simple product can be created with custom options. Entries can be filtered according todate. Integration and Testing Fixed issues While creating an integration an API resource can be selected. Issues with PHP 7.0 Integration test has been fixed. An admin user can be deleted without breaking the integration. All integration test can be done in the developer mode. Several integration test syntax errors have beenfixed. Import/ Export Fixed issues Two products with the same URL key cannot be imported. It is easy to re-import data now. Changing the order in which the products are displayed can now be done with Magento 2.1. The Ajax loader will automatically stop if an incorrect file type is used duringimport. From the above list, it is clear that Magento has added some nice features to the latest addition. These features will go long way in increasing flexibility and reliability of theplatform.