https://twitter.com/IonicReleases just notified me:
Looks like some nice incremental changes:
https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic/releases/tag/v4.4.0
And blog post with pretty animated images: https://blog.ionicframework.com/ionic-release-4-4-0-beryllium/
I have been using ionic for almost 3 years. Until now, I am not particularly clear about how to update the existing version to the latest release, such as the ionic 4.3.1 version updated to 4.4.0.
Can I have a tutorial or a blog?
For ionic 3: npm i ionic-angular@3
For ionic 4: npm i @ionic/angular@4
This must be done in your project’s root directory
I pretty much miss passing parameters to pages through the NavController 
could adding that back be ever considered?