and look out for posts
from Google, Solo.io and the Envoy community for much more detail about this
exciting work!</p><h2 id=easier-to-use>Easier to use</h2><p>We’re always making Istio easier to adopt and use, and this release in
particular has some cool enhancements. Command line installation of Istio using
<a href=/v1.9/docs/reference/commands/istioctl><code>istioctl</code></a> is now beta for installation and
will work for most customers in most use cases. Managing your installation via
an Operator is