![2.4 2.4](https://www.whatmobile.com.pk/admin/images/Nokia/Nokia2.4-b.jpg)
2.4 GENERATOR
2.4 DOWNLOAD
To download Apache Spark 2.4.0, visit the downloads page. In addition, this release continues to focus on usability, stability, and polish while resolving around 1100 tickets. Other major updates include the built-in Avro data source, Image data source, flexible streaming sinks, elimination of the 2GB block size limitation during transfer, Pandas UDF improvements. This release adds Barrier Execution Mode for better integration with deep learning frameworks, introduces 30+ built-in and higher-order functions to deal with complex data type easier, improves the K8s integration, along with experimental Scala 2.12 support. Apache Spark 2.4.0 is the fifth release in the 2.x line.