From major IDE or OS releases to small utility libraries releases what are some good ways to keep up-to-date without missing out on deprecated functionalities or comparing new ones to existing ones. Currently, reading news and announcements on blogs, long scrollable release notes. As most of us do probably.

Is there any tech solution out there digesting and comparing older versions with newer ones for us? Or some plugins inside the IDE with recommendations inside the editor. e.g. in version X.Y.4 there is a newer class than found in version X.Y.2 which allows reading the speed from sensor type T more frequently.