--- title: "What’s new in Calico 3.16" source: "https://wordpress-1075849-4005834.cloudwaysapps.com/blog/whats-new-in-calico-3-16/" --- [Technical Blog](https://wordpress-1075849-4005834.cloudwaysapps.com/category/technical-blog/) # What’s new in Calico 3.16 By [Laurence Man](https://wordpress-1075849-4005834.cloudwaysapps.com/blog/author/laurencemann/) on Aug 28, 2020 • 1 min read We’re very excited to announce Calico v3.16.0! This release includes the eBPF data plane going GA, the addition of Windows support for Kubernetes, and BGP communities support. In addition, this release includes a lot of other features and bug fixes. Thank you to all of the contributors to this release! For detailed release notes please go [here](http://docs.projectcalico.org/release-notes/). Below are some highlights from the release. ## eBPF now generally available We [introduced](https://wordpress-1075849-4005834.cloudwaysapps.com/blog/introducing-the-calico-ebpf-dataplane/) tech-preview support for the eBPF data plane in Calico v3.13. The eBPF data plane has several advantages over the Linux networking data plane including: higher throughput, lower CPU usage, and native Kubernetes services support. With Calico v3.16, eBPF support is now GA! Check out the [guide](http://docs.projectcalico.org/maintenance/enabling-bpf) to try it out. ## **Calico for Windows** Calico for Windows is open-source! Calico for Windows supports Kubernetes networking using VXLAN and enforces network policy for Windows workloads. Try out our [quickstart guide](http://docs.projectcalico.org/getting-started/windows-calico/quickstart) to get a Calico for Windows cluster up and running! ## **BGP Community Advertisement** Calico now supports BGP communities! 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