Few hours ago we had a new release of Material2. Codename Granite-Gouda! So I think this quote perfectly fits here:

“Give me a good sharp knife and a good sharp cheese and I’m a happy man.”
― George R.R. Martin

Have a look on the changelog below:

Bug Fixes

• checkbox: change event should now fire on first change(7a9df1e), closes #481
• gestures: ensure default gestures are not overwritten by custom gestures(523929c)
• gestures: export gesture config as part of core (#488)(0d04e01)
• input: adds blur and focus event support (#449)(f6f5af3), closes #337
• input: adds support for name property for input element (#452)(f53ffdb), closes #446
• input: input element should have a different id from outer element (#450)(be5e93a), closes #320
• input: inputs now work in IE11 (#469)(de2a9f2), closes #336
• input: make native input background transparent (#468)(d2c6cb8), closes #277
• input: undo firefox invalid style, fix maxlength in IE (#393)(dfe683b), closes #393 #342 #388
• input: use the right ID for the label. (#515)(06aa3f1), closes #512
• list: adds focus state for nav-list items (#502)(34b210c), closes #323
• list: removes outline from focus state (#511)(91ad1c8)
• progress-circle: support IE11 (#375)(f22fa86), closes #295
• radio: refactor tests and fix ngModel (#443)(a25a8da), closes #443
• radio: remove event global so radio works in node(c32b06d), closes #425
• radio: unsetting the model will deselect all radio buttons (#441)(8af16e8), closes #327
• sidenav: add scrolling style to enable momentum scroll(c566242)
• sidenav: fixes sidenav RTL listening for side mode (#465)(4e1d85e), closes #465 #411
• sidenav: removes margin transitions (#460)(4b488e1), closes #404
• sidenav: switches to translate3d() for content positioning (#484)(357ee4c)
• sidenav: treat opened as boolean attribute. (#444)(e977984), closes #300
• misc: adds directive constants to all components (#514)(fb89d4f), closes #513
• misc: correct access-level on many APIs (#437)(358af3b)
• misc: ensure custom error messages are set(4a25b7f)

Features

• tabs: adds the md-tab-group component (#376)(ada285c)
• grid-list: add grid-list component(0f89b8d)
• slide-toggle add slide-toggle component. (#362)(e09a5bf)
• checkbox: drive component with native checkbox (#415)(10ac2be), closes #250
• input: add focus function on host element (#407)(0323844)
• input: add support for more input attributes (#447)(911bfae)
• overlay: add connected position strategy (#335)(7f3b1bd)

Link: https://material.angular.io/