During AWS re:Invent 2020, Amazon announced several updates and new features for its Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) that reflect a maturing Kubernetes ecosystem aimed at simplifying deployments and management for organizations. Key highlights include the introduction of Amazon EKS Distro, also known as EKS Anywhere, which offers a fully supported open-source Kubernetes distribution with version-aligned updates and security patches. AWS Fargate now supports forwarding EKS pod logs to various AWS services for enhanced log storage and analytics capabilities, while the VPC CNI plugin installation and management have been simplified through the EKS console, CLI, and API, incorporating AWS network and security best practices. Additionally, EKS now supports the use of cost-effective EC2 Spot Instances within managed node groups, automating the provisioning and management of Spot nodes for batch processes and scalable applications. These enhancements aim to make EKS more accessible and efficient for users, with hands-on training opportunities provided to further integrate these features into production environments.