- Feature parity with ArrayFire 3.4 libs

- [Sparse matrix support](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.sparse.html#module-arrayfire.sparse)

- `create_sparse`

- `create_sparse_from_dense`

- `create_sparse_from_host`

- `convert_sparse_to_dense`

- `convert_sparse`

- `sparse_get_info`

- `sparse_get_nnz`

- `sparse_get_values`

- `sparse_get_row_idx`

- `sparse_get_col_idx`

- `sparse_get_storage`

- [Random Engine support](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.random.html#module-arrayfire.random)

- Three new random engines, `RANDOM_ENGINE.PHILOX`, `RANDOM_ENGINE.THREEFRY`, and `RANDOM_ENGINE.MERSENNE`.

- `randu` and `randn` now accept an additional engine parameter.

- `set_default_random_engine_type`

- `get_default_random_engine`

- New functions

- [`scan`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.algorithm.html?arrayfire.algorithm.scan#arrayfire.algorithm.scan)

- [`scan_by_key`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.algorithm.html?arrayfire.algorithm.scan#arrayfire.algorithm.scan_by_key)

- [`clamp`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.arith.html?arrayfire.arith.clamp#arrayfire.arith.clamp)

- [`medfilt1`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.signal.html#arrayfire.signal.medfilt1)

- [`medfilt2`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.signal.html#arrayfire.signal.medfilt2)

- [`moments`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.image.html#arrayfire.image.moments)

- [`get_size_of`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.library.html#arrayfire.library.get_size_of)

- [`get_manual_eval_flag`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.device.html#arrayfire.device.get_manual_eval_flag)

- [`set_manual_eval_flag`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.device.html#arrayfire.device.set_manual_eval_flag)

- Behavior changes

- [`eval`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.device.html#arrayfire.device.eval) now supports fusing kernels.

- Graphics updates

- [`plot`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.graphics.html#arrayfire.graphics.Window.plot) updated to take new parameters.

- [`plot2`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.graphics.html#arrayfire.graphics.Window.plot2) added.

- [`scatter`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.graphics.html#arrayfire.graphics.Window.scatter) updated to take new parameters.

- [`scatter2`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.graphics.html#arrayfire.graphics.Window.scatter2) added.

- [`vector_field`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.graphics.html#arrayfire.graphics.Window.vector_field) added.

- [`set_axes_limits`](http://arrayfire.org/arrayfire-python/arrayfire.graphics.html#arrayfire.graphics.Window.set_axes_limits) added.

- Bug fixes

- ArrayFire now has higher priority when numpy for mixed operations. ^{[1](https://github.com/arrayfire/arrayfire-python/issues/69) [2](https://github.com/arrayfire/arrayfire-python/pull/71)}

- Numpy interoperability issues on Widnows. ^{[1](https://github.com/arrayfire/arrayfire-python/issues/92)}

- Switch to a working backend by default. ^{[1](https://github.com/arrayfire/arrayfire-python/issues/90)}

- Fixed incorrect behavior for Hermitian transpose and QR. ^{[1](https://github.com/arrayfire/arrayfire-python/issues/91)}

- `array[0:0]` now returns empty arrays. ^{[1](https://github.com/arrayfire/arrayfire-python/issues/26)}

- Further Improvements from upstream can be read in the [arrayfire release notes](https://github.com/arrayfire/arrayfire/blob/master/docs/pages/release_notes.md).