# Akka gRPC 1.1.0 released

**URL:** <https://discuss.akka.io/t/akka-grpc-1-1-0-released/7839>\
**Category:** Akka gRPC\
**Created:** [February 9, 2021, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/akka-grpc-1-1-0-released/7839 "2021-02-09T10:59:44Z")\
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ar hakkers,

We’re happy to announce version 1.1.0 of [Akka gRPC](https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-grpc/)!

[gRPC](https://grpc.io/) is a transport mechanism for request/response and  
(non-persistent) streaming use cases. See  
[Why gRPC?](https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka-grpc/current/whygrpc.html) for more  
information about when to use gRPC as your transport.

## Highlights

## Changes since 1.0.x

Akka gRPC 1.1.0 requires Akka 2.6.x and Akka HTTP 10.2.x.

This release introduces a new, experimental client backend powered by Akka-HTTP. The default backend is still the classic client implemented using `grpc-java` which is based on Netty. You can enable the new backend using `akka.grpc.client."*".backend="akka-http"`. The Akka-HTTP backend for gRPC is built using the Akka HTTP client support for HTTP/2 introduced in [Akka HTTP 10.2.3](https://akka.io/blog/news/2021/01/18/akka-http-10.2.3-released). The Akka-HTTP backend for Akka gRPC client is released as a preview and the recommendation for general purpose usage is still the existing, netty-based backend.

For a full list of changes see the [releases overview](https://github.com/akka/akka-grpc/releases)

## Credits

For this release we had the help of 8 contributors – thank you all very much!

```auto
Commits Added Removed Author
   22 1667 664 Arnout Engelen
    5 105 70 Ignasi Marimon-Clos
    3 96 18 Enno Runne
    3 72 87 Johannes Rudolph
    2 35 6 Enno
    2 166 155 Boris
    2 153 8 Brice Jaglin
    1 67 12 Sebastian Alfers
    1 1 1 Alden Torres
    1 100 2 Andrea Peruffo
    1 4 2 Tao Wenzhi

```

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– The Akka Team