Not yet tested but having more flexibility to customize tabs sounds really promising 
ps.: if you are looking to migrate your tabs, an example -> https://github.com/ionic-team/starters/pull/526/files
thanks, the upgrade notes where missing what is shown there.
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More details in the new Ionic blog entry:
https://blog.ionicframework.com/ionic-release-v4-beta-15-out-today/