Magento 2 is the new completely revamped version of the popular Magento e-commerce platform and was released on November 17, 2015, seven years after the initial release of Magento 1. Magento 2.1 was released half a year later bringing additional features and is as of now (October 24, 2016) the latest version of Magento. In this article, we go through what is new in Magento 2 community edition for merchants, improvements for customers, considerations for developers and end with some final thoughts on when it’s appropriate to switch to the new version.