With the release strategy changes that went into effect as of 2018, the number of Sales Cloud & Engagement Cloud releases per year has increased. I do not think this means that the amount of new functionalities per year will increase. Instead, the amount of changes in a year to Sales Cloud and Engagement Cloud will be introduced in more often, but smaller releases.
Enabling new features has been made easier also as these now can be found easily in one location. From the ‘New Features’ screen, you can opt into new features an immediately find the related setup and maintenance screens.
How to opt into new features
To opt into a new feature, connect to Sales Cloud as an administrator, and in the navigator menu, under ‘My Enterprise’, there should be a new navigator entry called ‘New Features’. This will lead to a screen as shown below new features can be enabled. Links to setup steps will be provided for each of them.
When setup tasks are required, or when features are already enabled that is clearly made visible also. All related setup tasks are made available when opting into a new feature. No need to go look for them in ‘Setup & Maintenance’ afterwards.
Could not be easier right?