Java Development Kit 23, the next version of Java Standard Edition, is now available as a production release on September 17, 2024. Java 23 comes with various new features, some preview features, incubator feature, deprecation & deletions. It is inclined to improve developer productivity and program efficiency. In this article, we will explore some of the most essential developer’s friendly Java 23 new features with examples. Java 23 New Features With Examples Let's start exploring Java 23 New Features with examples one by one. Primitive Types in Patterns, instanceof, and switch (Preview) – JEP 455 This is a preview language feature. Till Java 22, instanceof cannot be used with primitive data types at all. We can explicitly enable preview features in the javac command using