New features and improvements:

Samsung: we're now supporting official Samsung firmware format in Qualcomm's Update Firmware from EDL mode
Samsung MTK: improved Samsung's Soft Brick solution for even safer operation
Huawei Hisi: Read and Write Cert procedure is now also available from Factory Mode
Huawei Hisi: added Read and Write Cert procedure for older SoC types via Factory Fastboot
Huawei Hisi: added a new validation key for Huawei APP file validation to fix "Firmware validation failed" errors
Generic Qualcomm: 50 new programmers added for many Huawei, Honor, Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Meizu, OnePlus and ZTE devices
Generic MTK: refined error messages when handling EXT4 filesystem
Bugfixes:

Samsung: fixed a downloader bug, that could cause application crash/freeze when downloading Samsung firmwares