Java 16 will be was released in March 2021. It is not an LTS release and will be obsoleted at the release of Java 17 in September 2021.This is probably the last release in which preview features could be introduced in time for their inclusion in Java 17, the next LTS release.
Status: General Availability
Page last updated: 20202021-1102-2308, EA 2535
Schedule:
2020-12-10 Rampdown Phase One
2021-01-14 Rampdown Phase Two
2021-02-04 Initial Release Candidate
2021-02-18 Final Release Candidate
2021-03-16 General Availability
Resources
Java 16 Early-Access Builds (note: OpenJDK builds only; no Oracle builds)
Selected Changes Targeted to Java 16
JEP 357: Migrate from Mercurial to Git
JEP 369: Migrate to GitHub
JEP 380: Unix-Domain Socket Channels
JEP 386: Alpine Linux Port
JEP 390: Warnings for Value-Based Classes
JEP 394: Pattern Matching for instanceof
JEP 395: Records
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JEP 396: Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals by Default
JEP 397: Sealed Classes (Second Preview)