This release of Appium is a significant milestone, introducing support for two new platforms:

There is also support for two new frameworks for automating iOS and Android:

XCUITest support for automating iOS 9.3 and 10 (see migration docs and driver docs).
UI Automator 2 support for enhanced automation of Android devices (see wiki).

Require Node 4 or above (possible breaking change)
Add automationName capability entries for XCUITest, UIAutomator2, and youiengine
Add platformName capability entry for Windows

Add support for Xcode 8 and iOS 10 (using automationName of XCUITest). For information on using this driver, see the driver documentation
Make sure device name gets properly translated into actual device name
Fix case where orientation would get lost
Fix Safari page change logic to actually catch when a page changes
Try harder to kill Instruments if the normal way does not work, to avoid hanging processes
Move authorize-ios into global package

Add androidInstallTimeout desired capability, to customize the timeout when installing an app
Add androidScreenshotPath desired capability, to set the path in which screenshot files are saved on the device
Add appWaitDuration desired capability, to customize how long to wait for an application
Fix optional intent arguments to allow for hyphens
Wait for apps to launch before proceeding
Switch to clearing text fields using adb, to improve reliability and speed
Add ability to detect screen orientation
Make sure Selendroid mode doesn't lose connection through adb when network changes
Make sure the release action in a touch action chain doesn't happen in the wrong place
Make application install more reliable
Fix screenshot on Windows
Make Chromedriver connect on a random port if none specified
Add reboot server argument, to specify that the avd ought to be cleaned and rebooted

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