# Announcing Ionic v6.1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Ionic Framework\ **Created:** [April 14, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/announcing-ionic-v6-1/222386 "2022-04-14T14:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mhartington](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/mhartington/32/137757_2.png) [@mhartington](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/mhartington)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/announcing-ionic-v6-1/222386/1 "2022-04-14T14:49:54Z")
Originally published at: [https://ionicframework.com/blog/announcing-ionic-v6-1/](https://ionicframework.com/blog/announcing-ionic-v6-1/) We added many new component features in v6.0, including the bottom sheet modal, revamped ion-datetime, and declarative overlays. In v6.1, we’re excited to add all sorts of enhancements to those components, making it easier than ever for developers to build and ship robust mobile apps. Let’s dive into the new features we’re adding in Ionic… ---
**Author:** ![Tommertom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Tommertom](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/Tommertom)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/announcing-ionic-v6-1/222386/2 "2022-04-15T12:36:47Z")
Nice! Maybe also mention a brief upgrade note - or at least where to find that info? (for Ionic \< 6 && Ionic ===6)? ---
**Author:** ![andrerds](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/andrerds/32/138331_2.png) [@andrerds](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/andrerds)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/announcing-ionic-v6-1/222386/3 "2022-04-15T15:09:28Z")
Very good, every day evolving and bringing wonderful components. I look forward to the team being able to work with ion-toast , add the manager functionality, to close the toast, what a top it would be. Success team Ionic. ---
**Author:** ![donniehale-awh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@donniehale-awh](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/donniehale-awh)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/announcing-ionic-v6-1/222386/4 "2022-04-15T20:44:37Z")
I agree with @Tommertom. It would be helpful if, with the announcement, there were a detailed guide to all the required steps to “correctly” update a 6.0.x Ionic app (React in my case) to Ionic 6.1. ---
**Author:** ![twestrick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/twestrick/32/136131_2.png) [@twestrick](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/twestrick)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2022, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/announcing-ionic-v6-1/222386/5 "2022-04-15T21:17:57Z")
Speaking with no authority, just what I know 🙂 Ionic is using Semantic Versioning so v6.1.0 is just the first minor release for v6. Everything since v6.0.0 so far has just been patch/bug releases. Running `npm update` is all you have to do to update. There are no breaking changes (following the logic of SemVer). I guess saying this in the blog post could be helpful especially for newcomers. ---
**Author:** ![donniehale-awh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@donniehale-awh](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/donniehale-awh)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/announcing-ionic-v6-1/222386/6 "2022-04-18T13:50:08Z")
Thanks for the reply. It’s helpful. However, my recent attempts to update to the latest capacitor packages hasn’t gone smoothly. I have a yet-to-be-moderated forum post asking for help (talk about frustrating). Thus my questions. ---
**Author:** ![twestrick](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/twestrick/32/136131_2.png) [@twestrick](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/twestrick)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2022, 2:12pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/announcing-ionic-v6-1/222386/7 "2022-04-18T14:12:47Z")
Hopefully your post will get approved soon. Upgrading Capacitor is mostly unrelated to upgrading Ionic. ---
**Author:** ![netd777](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ionicframework/user_avatar/forum.ionicframework.com/netd777/32/145046_2.png) [@netd777](https://forum.ionicframework.com/u/netd777)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.ionicframework.com/t/announcing-ionic-v6-1/222386/9 "2022-04-20T14:04:17Z")
Hey, really nice. Loving all these new features and improvements. One thing I miss tho is the abylity to check if ion-datetime is in the calendar mode (default) or in the other mode where you can change only month/year (like a picker of sorts). Users change to the second mode, change month/year and think they are good to go, and then proceed to get confused why the date didn’t change. So, maybe add a property or event so dev can know which mode is enabled.