Grafana 1.6.0 introduces a significant update with numerous enhancements and new features, including initial support for OpenTSDB as a metrics datasource, which can be configured through the provided documentation. The release improves dashboard editing by introducing a menu for easy manipulation of rows and panels, while the InfluxDB query editor gains more efficiency and the ability to group a single series into multiple Grafana series using a new column grouping feature. Additionally, InfluxDB now supports filtering through templated queries, and the graphite panel has been renamed to graph, ensuring compatibility with existing dashboards. For a comprehensive list of changes, users are encouraged to review the complete changelog available on the download page.