Paul Krill
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Zoneless Angular arrives in Angular 20.2

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Sep 3, 20252 mins
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Supplemental point release improvements to the Angular web framework include production-ready zoneless APIs and a new experimental MCP server.

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Two supplemental point releases of the Angular 20 web framework have added production-readiness for zoneless APIs and an experimental MCP (Model Context Protocol) server.

An August 30 blog post from the Angular team announced updates and improvements in Angular 20.1 and 20.2. A highlight, zoneless APIs, became stable and production-ready in Angular 20.2. This update makes using Angular without Zones.js an option, addressing issues such as difficulty in application debugging and with larger bundle sizes. The MCP server, meanwhile, helps with experimental LLM code generation. The initial launch includes tools for searching documentation for best practices to improve LLM code generation and getting project metadata.

Angular’s 2025 summer update included these additional improvements:

  • Angular apps now can be generated in the Gemini Canvas and Google AI Studio tools.
  • Two new primitives,  animate.enter and animate.leave, support configuring which CSS classes should be used for the “enter” and “leave” animations.
  • The Mat Menu component was updated for use as a context menu.
  • Template authoring was enhanced with capabilities such as a more-ergonomic syntax for ARIA attributes and better support for class names used by Tailwind.
  • A new currentNavigation signal property is available on the router.
  • TypeScript 5.9 support was added.
Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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