Java 24

Status	In Development
Release Date	2025-03
EOL Date	2025-09
Class File Version	68.0
Unicode Version	16.0.0
API Changes	Compare to 23 - 22 - 21 - 20 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 1.4 - 1.3 - 1.2 - 1.1 - 1.0
Documentation	Release Notes, JavaDoc
SCM	git

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New Features

Here are all new features in Java 24 by category. There is also of list of all features of all Java releases.

JVM

Late Barrier Expansion for G1 (JEP 475)

API

Prepare to Restrict the Use of JNI (JEP 472)
Class-File API (JEP 484)

Downloads

Vendor	Product	License	Platform Downloads
Azul Systems	Zulu Builds of OpenJDK 24	GPLv2+CE	alpine-x64 linux-arm64 linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x64
Oracle	Oracle OpenJDK 24	GPLv2+CE	linux-arm64 linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x64
SAP	SapMachine 24	GPLv2+CE	aix-ppc64 alpine-x64 linux-arm64 linux-ppc64le linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x64

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Sandbox

Instantly compile and run Java 24 snippets without a local Java installation.

import java.lang.reflect.ClassFileFormatVersion; void main() { var v = ClassFileFormatVersion.latest(); System.out.printf("Hello Java bytecode version %s!", v.major()); }