This August 2026 release delivers significant advancements across Telerik and Kendo UI, helping development teams build, modernize and troubleshoot applications more efficiently.
Highlights include up to 45% lower token consumption across .NET AI experiences, expanded Agentic UI Generator support for ASP.NET Core, AI-assisted product upgrades, native MCP integrations for Telerik Report Server, and the new LLM Kit for building trustworthy AI-powered applications.
The release also introduces new components for Blazor, React, Vue, .NET MAUI, WPF and WinForms, giving developers even more tools to accelerate development while maintaining enterprise-grade quality and control.
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If you are an existing Progress Telerik or Kendo UI customer, dive right into the release by downloading the latest bits from Your Account or directly update your NuGet package reference to the latest version in your solutions. To access the latest Angular, React and Vue functionality, install the respective npm packages. Or, if you haven’t checked out our products recently, now is the perfect time to give them another try.

With New Agentic Tools for Document Processing, Enhanced MCP Tools, and a Set of AI Interface and Smart Components, the 2026 Q1 Release Lets You Bring Intelligence Directly Into Your Applications.

Save at Least 30% of the Development Cycle with AI-Generated UI, 12 AI Coding Assistants, MCP Debugging, .NET 10 Support, and More.
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