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What's New

The August 2026 Release is Live!

Up to 45% Fewer Tokens, AI-Assisted Upgrades, New MCP Integrations, LLM Kits and More.

August 2026 Release Overview

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.

Join our release livestream to see firsthand the Telerik and Kendo UI August 2026 highlights. No sign-up, just show up on YouTube, LinkedIn or Twitch.

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.

 

Web


Kendo UI for Angular

  • Build Richer Agentic Experiences with the New Kendo UI for Angular LLM Kit
  • Kendo UI for Angular AI Skills for Licensing and Version Upgrades
  • Customize Default Icons Across Kendo UI for Angular Components
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KendoReact

  • Simplify Verification Flows with the New KendoReact OTPInput
  • Build Richer Agentic Experiences with the New KendoReact LLM Kit
  • KendoReact AI Skills for Licensing and Version Upgrades
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Kendo UI for jQuery

  • Kendo UI for jQuery: Meet the LLM Kit
  • Kendo UI for jQuery: Upgrade Assistant
  • Kendo UI for jQuery: Get Started in Mere Minutes
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Kendo UI for Vue

  • View and Interact with PDFs with the New Kendo UI for Vue PDF Viewer
  • Simplify Verification Flows with the New Kendo UI for Vue OTPInput
  • New Kendo UI for Vue Barcode Components
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Telerik UI for Blazor

  • Telerik UI for Blazor: Up To 45% Fewer Tokens
  • Telerik UI for Blazor Agentic UI Generator: Skills
  • Telerik UI for Blazor: Meet the LLM Kit
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Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core

  • Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core Agentic UI Generator
  • Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core: Up To 45% Fewer Tokens
  • Telerik UI for ASP.NET Core: Meet the LLM Kit
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Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC

  • Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC: Up To 45% Fewer Tokens
  • Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC: Upgrade Assistant
  • Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC: Meet the LLM Kit
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Mobile


Telerik UI for .NET MAUI

  • Telerik UI for .NET MAUI Circular Slider
  • Telerik UI for .NET MAUI  ChartView (Preview)
  • Telerik UI for .NET MAUI DataGrid: Smart Semantic Search
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Desktop


Telerik UI for WPF

  • Telerik UI for WPF: AI-Powered Querying and Summarization in Spreadsheet
  • Telerik UI for WPF: Smart Paste
  • Telerik UI for WPF: Telerik Version Upgrade Tool
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Telerik UI for WinForms

  • Telerik UI for WinForms: Smart DataGrid Features
  • Telerik UI for WinForms: AI-Powered Querying and Summarization in Spreadsheet
  • Telerik UI for WinForms: Smart Paste
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Reporting


Telerik Reporting

  • Telerik Reporting AI Generator: Table and Crosstab Support
  • Telerik Reporting Kendo Theming
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Telerik Report Server

  • Telerik Report Server MCP Server
  • Telerik Report Server WebAPI v3
  • Telerik Report Server Access Token
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Telerik Document Processing

  • Array Functions in Excel
  • AutoFilter in ExcelStream
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Release History

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2026 Q2

Context‑Aware AI Where You Build: Generate, Migrate, Debug, and Modernize UI Faster

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2026 Q1

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.

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2025 Q4

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

Detailed Release Notes List for past 15 years

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