Discover What's New: R2026b Release Highlights

Get more out of MATLAB and Simulink by downloading the latest release: https://bit.ly/3sNGWfo New Products: • Polyspace Test Server – Execute tests and analyze structural coverage for C/C++ code on automation servers. • Simulink Variant Manager – Configure, manage, and analyze variants. • Visual Inspection Toolbox – Design and test visual inspection and analysis applications. Generative and Agentic AI Capabilities: • MATLAB Agentic Toolkit • Simulink Agentic Toolkit • Polyspace Agentic Toolkit Major Updates: • Aerospace Blockset – Model, simulate, and analyze aerospace vehicle dynamics, including increased support for rotorcraft and spacecraft. • Aerospace Toolbox – Design, analyze, and visualize space missions with high-fidelity orbit propagation, impulsive maneuvers, and lunar mission support. • Audio Toolbox – Model acoustic systems with Simscape; simulate sound propagation using ray-based methods in rooms and underwater acoustics; compute objective quality and intelligibility metrics. • Deep Learning Toolbox – Create and train time series prediction, forecasting, and regression models using the Time Series Modeler app. Use the PyTorch interface to co-execute PyTorch models in MATLAB and Simulink. • Point Cloud Toolbox – Design and analyze perception systems using point clouds from range sensors such as lidar, RGB‑D and stereo cameras, and mmWave radar, and workflows such as • • SLAM, photogrammetry, and structure from motion. • Simulink Design Verifier – Distribute design verifier analysis across multiple CPU cores to accelerate time‑to‑results; achieve higher‑precision results for models using floating‑point and complex math functions. • SoC Blockset (for AMD) – Design, deploy, and verify applications for AMD Adaptive SoCs and • FPGAs; use default reference designs or build custom reference designs for comms, vision, deep learning, and controls applications. • Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox – Design and analyze experiments interactively with the new DOE app; assess measurement system variability and run ANOVA-based studies with the new Gage R&R app. Release Highlights: • TOML Project File Format: Manage projects in MATLAB and Simulink using a single, human-readable TOML configuration file. • Published Model: Create ready-to-run versions of Simulink models you can reference to skip rebuilds and improve simulation performance. MATLAB: • MATLAB Package Management – Share and install packages through File Exchange. • App Designer – Save apps in plain text file format for use with source control. • Java – Install a compatible OpenJDK (including OpenJDK 25) to use your preferred Java runtime with MATLAB; MATLAB no longer includes Java. • MATLAB Desktop – Configure the desktop with more flexible layout options. • Command Window – Generate and display formatted text in the Command Window, using • • ANSI escape codes, Markdown text, and LaTeX equations. • Google Sheets – Read and write data using Google Sheets. • Timetable Data Type – Index timetables with numeric (double or single) row times in addition to datetime and duration vectors. • Performance – Key MATLAB data functions run faster for numeric and string arrays, tables, and timetables. Simulink: • Simulink Data Dictionary – Save data dictionaries in plain text JSON files to facilitate source control diffs. • Simulation Data Inspector – Configure tabs when visualizing simulation data to organize your layout and customize views. • DateTime – Simulate systems at specific calendar dates and times without maintaining custom timing infrastructure. • Conditional Hold Block – Use a single block to hold the value of an input signal based on a chosen conditional signal. • Simulink Profiler – Identify simulation bottlenecks faster with explanations of results and solver profile summaries generated with Simulink Copilot. Learn more about what’s new in R2026a: https://bit.ly/3sNGWfo