Commit 62ffbb01 authored by Benjamin Cabé's avatar Benjamin Cabé Committed by Daniel DeGrasse
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doc: releases: 4.2: Consolidate release highlights 

Add twister power harness mention
Use same structure as the one used for 4.1

Signed-off-by: default avatarBenjamin Cabé <benjamin@zephyrproject.org>
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doc/releases/release-notes-4.2.rst

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@@ -33,19 +33,33 @@ We are pleased to announce the release of Zephyr version 4.2.0. 


Major enhancements with this release include:



- Initial support for the **Renesas RX** 32-bit architecture has been added, including a QEMU-based

**Initial Support for Renesas RX**

  The Renesas RX architecture is now supported, including a QEMU-based

  :zephyr:board:`board target <qemu_rx>`.



- The USB device stack now supports **USB Video Class** (UVC).

**USB Video Class Driver**

  The USB device stack now supports USB Video Class (UVC) allowing camera devices and other

  image/video sources to be exposed as standard USB video devices. See :zephyr:code-sample:`uvc` to

  get started.



- The networking stack now includes full support for the **MQTT 5.0** protocol.

**Twister Power Harness**

  A :ref:`new Twister harness <twister_power_harness>` enables measurement of the power consumption

  of the device under test and ensures it remains within a given tolerance.



- Zbus graduates to stable status with the release of API version v1.0.0.

**MQTT 5.0**

  The networking stack now includes full support for the :ref:`MQTT 5.0 <mqtt_socket_interface>`

  protocol.



- **Bluetooth Classic** stack now supports **Hands-Free Profile** (HFP) for both Audio Gateway (AG)

  and Hands-Free (HF) roles.

**Bluetooth Classic improvements**

  The Bluetooth Classic stack now includes support for **Hands-Free Profile** (HFP) for both Audio

  Gateway (AG) and Hands-Free (HF) roles.



- **96 new boards** have been added since the last release.

**Zbus**

  The :ref:`Zbus library <zbus>` graduates to stable status with the release of API version v1.0.0.



**Expanded Board Support**

  Support for 96 :ref:`new boards <boards_added_in_zephyr_4_2>` and 22

  :ref:`new shields <shields_added_in_zephyr_4_2>` has been added in this release.



An overview of the changes required or recommended when migrating your application from Zephyr

v4.1.0 to Zephyr v4.2.0 can be found in the separate :ref:`migration guide<migration_4.2>`.
@@ -469,6 +483,8 @@ New APIs and options 
  * :kconfig:option:`CONFIG_ZBUS_RUNTIME_OBSERVERS_NODE_POOL_SIZE`





.. _boards_added_in_zephyr_4_2:



New Boards

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