---
title: Release Notes
description: Description of features and improvements for every Istio release.
weight: 5
type: section-index
aliases:
  - /docs/reference/release-notes.html
  - /release-notes
  - /docs/welcome/notes/index.html
  - /docs/references/notes
---

The latest Istio snapshot release is {{< istio_version >}} ([release notes](/about/notes/{{< istio_version >}}/)). You can
[download {{< istio_version >}}](https://github.com/istio/istio/releases) with:

```command
$ curl -L https://git.io/getLatestIstio | sh -
```

The most recent stable release is 0.8. You can download 0.8 with:

```command
$ curl -L https://git.io/getIstio | sh -
```

> As we don't control the `git.io` domain, please examine the output of the `curl` command before piping it to a shell if running in any
sensitive or non-sandboxed environment.