In December 2016, Ionic released a test version of its Super Starter project for Ionic 2.x apps, featuring over 14 ready-to-use page designs such as master detail, login/signup, settings, and tutorials, along with stub providers for utilities like Users, Settings, and APIs. This initiative aims to help developers create mobile apps more efficiently by providing pre-built pages for common UI designs and integrating internationalization capabilities with ng2-translate. The goal is to enable developers to build apps ten times faster than before, and feedback from the community is sought to refine the starter project further. Users are encouraged to test the new starter by installing the latest CLI and share their experiences on GitHub, as the project is a preview release expected to evolve over time.