Zephyr 4.6.0 (Working Draft)

We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr version 4.6.0.

Major enhancements with this release include:

An overview of the changes required or recommended when migrating your application from Zephyr v4.5.0 to Zephyr v4.6.0 can be found in the separate migration guide.

The following sections provide detailed lists of changes by component.

Security Vulnerability Related

API Changes

Removed APIs and options

Deprecated APIs and options

New APIs and options

• Bluetooth

  • Host

    • bt_addr_matches_irk()

  • Services

    • CONFIG_BT_HIDS

    • bt_hids_register()

    • bt_hids_unregister()

    • bt_hids_report_set()

    • bt_hids_report_get()

    • bt_hids_send_report()

• Devicetree

  • New var-uint64 binding property type for variable-length unsigned integers of up to 64 bits. It accepts a value encoded as 1 cell (32-bit unsigned) or 2 cells (64-bit unsigned, high word first) and produces a scalar DT_PROP integer macro

New Boards

New Shields

New Drivers

New Samples

Libraries / Subsystems

• Bluetooth

  • Added a HID Service server (CONFIG_BT_HIDS), the service the HID Device role of the HID over GATT Profile is built on.

Other notable changes

• Bluetooth

  • CONFIG_BT_PRIVACY can now be enabled in Broadcaster- and Observer-only builds, without CONFIG_BT_SMP.