In addition, Niantic has summarized a Year 9 update round up: | RGNN Ticker

In addition, Niantic has summarized a Year 9 update round up:

Scanner News Feed - access latest intel and announcements on features, events, and community highlights
Portal History - display unique Portal visits, captures, and Scout Controlled Portals via both the Intel Map and Scanner Map Layers
C.O.R.E. Subscription - standing for Community, Offers, Recognition, and Expansion, is an optional monthly subscription service for Ingress Agents
Hackstreak - obtain bonus items and AP through hacking Portals every day, with an even larger bonus for hacking 7 days in a row
Dronenet Layer - display other Agents’ Drones on Portals
Mission Day Second Sunday - awards a Mission Day achievement count to Agents fulfilling respective Ingress Mission completion requirement
Key Locker Expansion - increases number of Key Lockers an Agent can use to a permanent cap of 6
NL-1331X US Summer Tour - the Mobile Research Unit hit the road again during August to #MeetYouOutThere and met with hundreds of Agents
Adventure Sync - improved distance tracking for Trekker and Kinetic Capsule Programs, even when the Scanner isn’t open
Portal Scan Meshing - leverages Niantic Lightship Real-Time Mapping to better show Agents on newer devices what has and hasn’t been scanned

Also reiterate new features are in the pipeline, and in-person events are on track coming back.

https://community.ingress.com/en/discussion/17179/ingress-year-nine-persistence/