This is technically not adding anything new, but it vastly improves Godot’s ability to automatically create an accurate physics shape for complex meshes. This is because the new algorithm generates multiple shapes while the old one simply made a single shape. Now it’s just one click to allow complex rigid-bodies have accurate collision.
The projects that will result…
This will not take any resources away from Vulkan or the Godot 3.2 targets because it will be done by a trio of different developers.
Let them invest some efforts to engine optimization. That is really needed for Godot. 
This +1000. The engine is a bit of a dog right now.
There are optimizations planned for GDscript when typing is used, the Vulkan project should also come with optimizations for that area.
For April, the focus for Reduz at least is low hanging fruit that the community has been requesting for years, hence the features being mentioned.
First, the annual showcase videos.
The mobile showcase is overwhelmingly 2D, but there’s a number of nice 3D games in the normal showcase.
Reduz has also released the video on the state of Godot in 2019 (as seen at GDC).
Nice variety of styles in the showcase videos.
While they don’t have a lot of a use today, it can be helpful in some instances to improve memory usage and performance.
Reduz also states that he hopes this is the last of the oft-requested features so he can move onto the Vulkan integration, he ends with the usual call for more patrons so they can ultimately hire an extra developer.
In addition, WebRTC development is underway and promises to really improve the engine’s ability to make online multiplayer games.
In other news, the community forums overhaul is nearing completion and will be moving to this new address.
https://godotforums.org/
What you see is just the test forum with the upgraded software, it will officially go live on the 28th.
In even more news, at least one of the new demos is under construction (do not try to download, and do not report issues as it just started).
No compiling required, just place the Android plugin in a certain folder and it will be a part of the game when it is exported.
This can be useful for many as it will finally lead to a straightforward way for games to deliver ads (because of ads functionality being largely plugin based), which is one of the only ways to really make decent money on the platform.
As usual, they end with the call for more people signing up to donate via Patreon, as they want the ability to develop faster with more key devs. on the payroll.
Looks like a very good engine. In recent future will definitely work in this.
More than a month after 3.1 final, the first maintenance release is out with a bunch of small features, bugfixes, and quality-of-life improvements.
The fixes include notable regressions from 3.0 to 3.1, so it should be safe to move any project to the new version now.
Yes, finally live, though the theme is by no means finished, and feedback is always welcome.
Work on the Vulkan renderer has begun.
https://twitter.com/reduzio/status/1125392310819348480
A little while back, Reduz assured users that the disruption in 3D projects will be far less than it was from Godot 2.1 to Godot 3 (because its not going from legacy to modern). He also reports that he actually turned down a lot of offers from commercial vendors to work for them because Godot is his passion, so the FOSS world can be thankful for that.
EDIT: The Reddit thread has Reduz revealing that is getting help from other companies such as Nvidia, AMD, and Valve. Could Godot end up as the anti-Unity?
https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/blf8uu/reduz_today_i_finally_start_working_on_vulkan/
As mentioned in the article, this technology mainly concerns being able to easily create online multiplayer games (with an example screen and video linked to on the bottom of the page). A lot of technical detail, but the progress is going well.
It talks about the long list of new features, including…
This will bring Godot’s shader abilities a bit closer to that of Unity and Unreal. Also note that this is from a volunteer contributor, so it has not taken any resources away from the Vulkan project.
The goal of the doc. sprints is to have 100 percent of the code reference documented, update outdated reference descriptions, and make everything clearer and more accessible.
Meanwhile, Godot’s Vulkan branch is live and you can follow its progress here.
https://github.com/godotengine/godot/tree/vulkan
I do ask, please do not try to compile and use it, as it is far from usable.