1 What’s New in Oracle APEX Application Development

Here's a summary of noteworthy Oracle APEX Application Development (APEX Service) additions and enhancements.

• June 2024
  
• May 2024
  
• January 2024
  
• November 2023
  
• May 2023
  
• November 2022
  
• July 2022
  

June 2024

Changes	Description
Oracle APEX release 24.1	APEX Service now includes Oracle APEX release 24.1. See: What's New in Oracle APEX 24.1 Oracle APEX Release 24.1 on Oracle Help Center Oracle APEX Release 24.1 books page

May 2024

Changes	Description
Always Free option	The available Database versions for Always Free Oracle APEX Application Development are: Oracle Database 19c or Oracle Database 23ai. See: Always Free Oracle APEX Application Development

January 2024

Changes	Description
ECPU Compute Model	APEX Service offers two compute models when you create a new instance: ECPU and OCPU. You can update an instance from the OCPU billing model to the ECPU billing model. See: Update to ECPU Billing Model for APEX Service

November 2023

Changes	Description
Oracle APEX release 23.2	APEX Service now includes Oracle APEX release 23.2. See: What's New in Oracle APEX 23.2 Oracle APEX Release 23.2 on Oracle Help Center Oracle APEX Release 23.1 books page

May 2023

Changes	Description
Oracle APEX release 23.1	APEX Service now includes Oracle APEX release 23.1. This release introduces Template Components, PWA push notifications, modernized Object Browser, page processing improvements, REST Data Source enhancements, and many more new and updated components. See: What's New in Oracle APEX 23.1 Oracle APEX Release 23.1 on Oracle Help Center Oracle APEX Release 23.1 books page

November 2022

Changes	Description
Oracle APEX release 22.2	APEX Service now includes Oracle APEX release 22.2. This release introduces a declarative application search, Approval component enhancements, PWA and mobile enhancements, and many more new and updated components. See: What's New in Oracle APEX 22.2 Oracle APEX Release 22.2 on Oracle Help Center Oracle APEX Release 22.2 books page
Workspace Self-service Provisioning	APEX Service now supports self-service provisioning of new workspaces. See the following Oracle APEX Administration Guide topics: Selecting a Provisioning Mode Managing Workspace Requests Requesting a Workspace in Workspace Administration
Database Actions Additions	Database Actions now provides all the functionality that was available on the Oracle Autonomous Database Service Console. The Service Console has been deprecated. See: Service Console Replacement with Database Actions in Using Oracle Autonomous Database Serverless

July 2022

Changes	Description
Oracle APEX release 22.1	APEX Service now includes Oracle APEX release 22.1. This release introduces a new Approvals component and Unified Task List, simplification of the Create Page Wizard, readable application export in JSON or YAML formats, and many more new and updated components. See: What's New in Oracle APEX 22.1 Oracle APEX Release 22.1 on Oracle Help Center Oracle APEX Release 22.1 books page
Added support for other types Oracle APEX developer accounts besides a database user account.	APEX Service now supports all authentication controls for an entire instance or for each individual workspace. See: Establishing User Identity Through Authentication in Oracle APEX App Builder User’s Guide Configuring Authentication Controls for an Instance in Oracle APEX Administration Guide