--- title: "What’s new in Calico 3.16" source: "https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-3-16/" --- [Technical Blog](https://www.tigera.io/category/technical-blog/) # What’s new in Calico 3.16 By [Laurence Man](https://www.tigera.io/blog/author/laurencemann/) on Aug 28, 2020 • 1 min read We’re very excited to announce Calico v3.16.0! This release includes the eBPF data plane going GA, the addition of Windows support for Kubernetes, and BGP communities support. In addition, this release includes a lot of other features and bug fixes. Thank you to all of the contributors to this release! For detailed release notes please go [here](http://docs.projectcalico.org/release-notes/). Below are some highlights from the release. ## eBPF now generally available We [introduced](https://www.tigera.io/blog/introducing-the-calico-ebpf-dataplane/) tech-preview support for the eBPF data plane in Calico v3.13. The eBPF data plane has several advantages over the Linux networking data plane including: higher throughput, lower CPU usage, and native Kubernetes services support. With Calico v3.16, eBPF support is now GA! Check out the [guide](http://docs.projectcalico.org/maintenance/enabling-bpf) to try it out. ## **Calico for Windows** Calico for Windows is open-source! Calico for Windows supports Kubernetes networking using VXLAN and enforces network policy for Windows workloads. Try out our [quickstart guide](http://docs.projectcalico.org/getting-started/windows-calico/quickstart) to get a Calico for Windows cluster up and running! ## **BGP Community Advertisement** Calico now supports BGP communities! Check out the BGP configuration resource [reference](http://docs.projectcalico.org/reference/resources/bgpconfig#communities) for more details. We’ve also added custom BGP port configuration. [Open Source](https://www.tigera.io/tags/open-source/)[Release](https://www.tigera.io/tags/release/)[Project Calico](https://www.tigera.io/tags/project-calico/) ## Related posts [![What’s new in Calico: Spring 2026 Release](https://www.tigera.io/app/uploads/2026/06/Whats-New-in-Calico-NEW-TEMPLATE-2026.png)](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-spring-2026-release/) [Company Blog](https://www.tigera.io/category/company-blog/) #### [What’s new in Calico: Spring 2026 Release](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-spring-2026-release/) By [Veronika Smolik](https://www.tigera.io/blog/author/veronika-smolik/) on Jun 2, 2026 Kubernetes has come a long way since its debut in 2014. It’s gone from running a couple of containerized microservices to orchestrating fleets of production workloads spanning everything from AI agents to full scale VMs... [Read more](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-spring-2026-release/) [![Kubernetes Operational Maturity: Secure and Resilient Cluster Federation with Cluster Mesh](https://www.tigera.io/app/uploads/2026/05/Kubernetes-Operational-Maturity-Secure-and-Resilient-Cluster-Federation-with-Cluster-Mesh.png)](https://www.tigera.io/blog/kubernetes-operational-maturity-secure-and-resilient-cluster-federation-with-cluster-mesh/) #### [Kubernetes Operational Maturity: Secure and Resilient Cluster Federation with Cluster Mesh](https://www.tigera.io/blog/kubernetes-operational-maturity-secure-and-resilient-cluster-federation-with-cluster-mesh/) By [Veronika Smolik](https://www.tigera.io/blog/author/veronika-smolik/) on May 25, 2026 Practically no one runs a single Kubernetes cluster in production these days. Maybe that’s how it started but data sovereignty requirements, acquisitions, AI initiatives and the need for edge servers, among other considerations, have pulled... [Read more](https://www.tigera.io/blog/kubernetes-operational-maturity-secure-and-resilient-cluster-federation-with-cluster-mesh/) [![What’s New in Calico v3.32](https://www.tigera.io/app/uploads/2026/05/Green-Please-use-a-different-background-color-alternately-1.png)](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-v3-32/) #### [What’s New in Calico v3.32](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-v3-32/) By [Reza Ramezanpour](https://www.tigera.io/blog/author/rezar/) on May 13, 2026 We’re excited to announce the release of Calico Open Source v3.32! 🎉 This release corresponds with Kubernetes v1.36 (Codename Haru) and it goes beyond just sharing a cat as the mascot of the release, it... [Read more](https://www.tigera.io/blog/whats-new-in-calico-v3-32/)