If you have been following the evolution of Google's framework over the last few years, you know it has been undergoing a silent reconstruction — piece by piece. With the release of Angular 22 on June 3, 2026, this reconstruction is no longer a promise and has become the standard. We are not looking at another batch of experimental features: we are looking at the consolidation of an entirely rethought ecosystem.
For those who live and breathe enterprise applications, Clean Architecture, and Microfrontend ecosystems, this is the version that finally delivers what has been promised since Angular 16: an end-to-end reactive framework, zone-less by nature, and with much less ceremony along the way.
The experiments are over. Below is what has actually changed — and what you need to do before running ng update.
What Arrived in Angular 22
OnPush is the new default change detection (the old Default became Eager and is deprecated).
