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The C++ Standards Committee (WG21) officially shipped C++26 on March 28, 2026. This new version of the ISO/IEC 14882 standard for the C++ programming language follows C++23, with its current working draft being N5032. The final approval ballot for the draft was conducted at the standardization meeting in London, United Kingdom, from March 23 to 28, 2026. C++26 includes significant new features such as compile--time reflection, which can be experimented with using specific forks of Clang and GCC 16. This release marks a crucial update for C++ developers, introducing language and library changes that will influence future embedded software development.