Go 1.16 version released

Finally Golang team released Go 1.16 version today. i.e., 16-02-2020.

If Go is already installed and to try Go 1.16 version use below go get command.

>go get golang.org/dl/go1.16
>go1.16 download

Now we can use Go 1.16 version by using go1.16

>go1.16 version

go version go1.16 windows/amd64

Go 1.16 Changes

Please go through the release notes to understand the changes happened as part of Go 1.16 version.

https://golang.org/doc/go1.16

Download Go 1.16 binary

To download Go 1.16 binary and source distributions use the below link. https://golang.org/dl/#go1.16

To compile Go language from source use a Git clone, and checkout Go 1.16

git checkout go1.16