What’s New on AWS (Unofficial)

Amazon EC2 Single GPU P5 instances are now generally available

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-p5-single-gpu-instances-now-available

Amazon EC2 G6 instances now available in the AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-ec2-g6-now-available-govcloud-east-region

AWS Deadline Cloud introduces new cost-saving compute option

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-deadline-cloud-cost-saving-compute/

Amazon SageMaker AI now supports P6e-GB200 UltraServers

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/sagemaker-p6e-gb200-ultraservers

Announcing new incentives for ISVs selling in AWS Marketplace

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-marketplace-private-offer-promotions

Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports custom AMIs (Amazon Machine Images)

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/sagemaker-hyperpod-support-custom-ami

AWS Direct Connect announces 100G expansion in Cape Town, South Africa

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-direct-connect-100g-expansion-cape-town/

New Sharing and Targeting Capabilities for EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations in Cluster Placement Groups

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/sharing-targeting-ec2-capacity-reservations-cluster-placement/

Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4 in Amazon Bedrock Expanded Context Window

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/anthropic-claude-sonnet-bedrock-expanded-context-window/

Amazon OpenSearch Serverless now supports kNN Byte vector and new data types

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-opensearch-serverless-knnbytevector-newdatatypes/

Amazon QuickSight expands limits on calculated fields

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-quickSight-expands-calculated-fields/

Amazon Connect now supports recurring activities in agent schedules

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-connect-recurring-activities-agent-schedules/

CloudFormation Hooks Adds Managed Controls and Hook Activity Summary

https://aws.amazon.comhttps//aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/CloudFormation-Hooks-Managed-Controls-Summary/

Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now provides a new cluster setup experience

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-sagemaker-hyperpod-provides-cluster-setup/

Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports July 2025 Spatial Patch Bundle

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-rds-oracle-supports-july-2025-spatial-patch-bundle

Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports the July 2025 Release Update (RU)

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-rds-oracle-supports-july-2025-release-update-ru

Amazon Connect Outbound Campaigns now supports multi-profile campaigns and enhanced phone number retry sequencing

https://aws.amazon.comabout-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-connect-outbound-campaigns-multi-profile-campaigns

Amazon Connect launches an API for real-time position in queue

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-connect-api-real-time-position-in-queue/

FSx for ONTAP now allows decreasing SSD capacity, broadening support for workloads with varying high-performance storage needs

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/FSx-for-ONTAP-now-allows-decreasing-ssd-capacity

AWS IoT Core introduces DeleteConnection API to streamline MQTT connections

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-iot-core-delete-connection/

Amazon SageMaker lakehouse architecture now automates optimization configuration of Apache Iceberg tables

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-sagemaker-lakehouse-architecture-automates-optimization-configuration-apache-iceberg-tables

OpenSearch UI supports Fine Grained Access Control by SAML attributes

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-opensearch-ui-fgac-by-saml-attributes/

Amazon CloudWatch RUM is now generally available in 2 additional AWS regions

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-cloudwatch-rum-generally-available-additional-aws-regions/

Amazon GameLift Streams launches Proton 9 runtime and increases service limits

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-gamelift-streams-proton-9-runtime-service-limits

Amazon SageMaker HyperPod now supports continuous provisioning for enhanced cluster operations

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-sagemaker-hyperpod-continuous-provisioning-cluster/

Announcing expanded support for Cilium with Amazon EKS Hybrid Nodes

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/expanded-support-cilium-amazon-eks-hybrid-nodes/

Amazon ECS console now supports real-time log analytics via Amazon CloudWatch Logs Live Tail

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-ecs-console-analytics-cloudwatch-logs-live-tail

AWS Outposts servers now support service link static configuration

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/aws-outposts-servers-service-link-static-configuration

Amazon Bedrock now available in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-bedrock-asia-pacific-melbourne-region/

Amazon Location - Geofencing now supports multipolygon and polygon with exclusion zones

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2025/08/amazon-location-geofencing-multipolygon-polygon-exclusion/