Future Releases for RAD Studio and Delphi

Related: Delphi Master Release List

2024.03.11 See "What's coming in RAD Studio 12.1 Athens" webinar on Apr 4, 2024.

• https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7500503724520706906

The 12.1 edition of RAD Studio comes hot on the heels of the feature-rich RAD Studio 12 Athens release. It will include the new C++Builder Win64 compiler and toolchain, along with significant enhancements to the IDE, an improved Delphi Android toolchain, and extensive quality improvements.

Join Product Managers Marco Cantu, David Millington, and Nuno Castro, General Manager Kyle Wheeler, Developer Advocate Ian Barker, and Pre-Sales Manager Stephen Ball to see what’s coming in the RAD Studio 12.1 Athens release for Delphi and C++Builder developers.

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Notes from Delphi 12 webinar from November 2023

• Visual Assist for Delphi? No plans to share at this point.
• CDATA no longer offers FireDAC integration - use ODBC or WebServices access
• There is no update available on the Community Edition yet
• 64-bit IDE is "going to come" and there is actually an internal-build that is 64-bit capable but it is not something ready to be released. It is definitely something they are working on. (It might support debugging 64-bit apps only and you may have to use the 32-bit IDE for debugging 32-bit apps.)

RAD Studio 12 pre-release links have been moved to the RAD Studio 12 release page

May 2023 Update

• 2023.05.24 Blog Post by Marco Cantu Just Announced: Skia and MDI updates in Future Delphi

• 2023.05.24 Blog Post by Marco Cantu What’s Coming in Delphi and C++Builder Libraries

• Deep and out-of-the-box integration of Skia and Skia4Delphi, making it part of the product
• Most plaform related issues with MDI forms will be corrected
• New option for hosting MDI forms (or any form in general) in a tab based UI

2023 Update

As provided in the DelphiCon 2023, future updates include:

• New VCL modernization features (MDI revamp)
• Extensive Skia library support within FireMonkey and VCL

2022 Update

As stated in the 11.2 Release Webinar, Embarcadero does not have any current plans to publish a new roadmap. This page will continue to be updated with any known info about future releases.

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• All of the Standard Support benefits, but with additional addon products and advanced beta access
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2021 Roadmap

As presented at DelphiCon 2021

Current Landscape as of RAD Studio 11 Launch Date

Links

• 2022.08.11 Blog by Marco Cantu Delphi iOS Simulator Support in the Coming Version of RAD Studio

• 2021.11.21 Blog by Marco Cantu My DelphiCon 2021 Keynote Replay

• 2020.11.17 Blog by Marco Cantu RAD Studio Roadmap November 2020

• 2020.11.17 Blog by Marco Cantu, David Millington and Sarina DuPont RAD Studio November 2020 Roadmap PM Commentary

Anticipated New Features after release of RAD Studio 11

• Delphi Language Extensions
• Consolidation of multiple debuggers
• Improved Delphi language support for LLDB
• Math Performance Improvements
• Multi-developer productivity
• IDE Onboarding Experience
• Improvements to the IDE source control integrations
• Quality focus areas:
  • VCL
  • FireMonkey
  • C++ Toolchain
  • Delphi Compiler
  • Data Connectivity
  • RAD Server
• iOS Simulator support added back (ARM 64-bit)

Older roadmaps

2020

2019