The Kibana development team made significant progress on various fronts as of April 2019, focusing on platform enhancements, security improvements, and UI refinements. They advanced in integrating feature controls into applications and successfully merged new platform UI plugin services and API documentation improvements. The team also worked on decoupling Angular components and enhancing alerting services, while telemetry data collection intervals were under review to reduce frequency. The Geo-Maps App saw advancements in embeddability and filtering, and the introduction of a new architecture for the Tile Service was completed. The Kibana App received updates, including a new visual editor and improved charting capabilities, while efforts continued to migrate older components to the new platform. Lastly, enhancements were made to the Canvas and Design components, including new drag-and-drop functionalities and UI cleanups for better usability and alignment with EUI standards.