JetBrains teased upcoming Kotlin language features at KotlinConf 2025.
Features in Kotlin 2.2 include guard conditions, multi-dollar interpolation, non-local break and continue, and context parameters.
Future releases after 2.2 will introduce features like positional and name-based destructuring, enhanced nullability, rich errors, must-use return values, and 'CheckReturnValue.'
Updates also include K2 compiler becoming default in IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1, improvements in Kotlin Multiplatform, open-sourcing of Koog, partnership with the Spring team, and updates to Ktor 3.