The upcoming release adds asynchronous I/O and UUID v7 for faster transactions, yet lacks features to support HTAP and ...

The company also previewed Scylla support for concurrent OLTP and OLAP, an industry first that enables simultaneous transactional and analytical processing. This release marks a significant milestone, ...

In contrast, the new columnar engine, when combined with Spanner’s Data Boost feature, can handle these complex queries much faster without slowing down day-to-day transactions, Google said.