The Apollo project has recently released several new features and improvements, including a new version of the Apollo Client with numerous tweaks and bug fixes. The team is working on improving repository management to facilitate community contributions, including implementing issue and PR triage processes, updating workflow guidelines, and dedicating resources to reviewing and triaging issues and PRs. They are also streamlining their changelog process, creating contributor ramp-up guides for popular projects, and getting the community more involved in the project's direction. The team has already started working on these changes, with a focus on the Apollo Client project, and plans to announce further repository changes in the future.