See my blog post for highlights. Also see all items in the Issue Tracker here.

Note: v0.7.1a fixed a small bug in UpdateListItems.

New Functionality

Alpha	Issue Tracker Item	Function	Operation	Description
ALPHA3-6	9755	$().SPXmlToJson	NA	Convert XML data to JSON
ALPHA11	9751	$().SPServices.SPDisplayRelatedInfo	NA	SPDisplayRelatedInfo Matching on ID Instead of Text
ALPHA11	633	$().SPServices.SPCascadeDropdowns	NA	SPCascadeDropdowns() - Using IDs on Query to populate child column rather than values

ALPHA13 - Streamlined SPXmlToJson. This is RC1 for the new function.

New Operations

Alpha	Web Service	Operation	Options	MSDN Documentation	Issue Tracker Item
ALPHA1	Lists	GetVersionCollection	[WebURL], strlistID, strlistItemID, strFieldName	Lists.GetVersionCollection Method	8322
ALPHA2	SiteData	GetSite	[WebURL]	SiteData.GetSite Method	9718
ALPHA2	SiteData	GetSiteUrl	Url	SiteData.GetSiteUrl Method	9718

ALPHA12 Lists.ApplyContentTypeToList, Lists.CreateContentType, Lists.DeleteContentType, Lists.GetListItemChanges, Lists.UndoCheckOut, Lists.UpdateContentType, SiteData.GetWeb

Bug Fixes and Efficiency

Alpha	Issue Tracker Item	Function	Description
ALPHA2	9754	$().SPServices	New Internal Function: siteDataFixSOAPEnvelope
ALPHA2	9744	$().SPServices.SPComplexToSimpleDropdown	Bug in SPComplexToSimpleDropdown
ALPHA5	7705	$().SPServices.SPUpdateMultipleListItems	SPUpdateMultipleListItems - Add completefunc
ALPHA6	9785	$().SPServices.SPFilterDropdown	Extend SPFilterDropdown with CAMLQueryOptions or RecursiveAll
ALPHA7	9793	$().SPServices.SPCascadeDropdowns	SPCascadeDropdowns Performance Tweaks
ALPHA7	9794	$().SPServices.SPDisplayRelatedInfo	SPDisplayRelatedInfo Performance Tweaks
ALPHA8	7876	$().SPServices.SPCascadeDropdowns	SPCascadeDropdowns - 1 parent; multiple children
ALPHA9	9810	$().SPServices.SPCascadeDropdowns	SPCascadeDropdowns Shouldn't Show Null Values
ALPHA9	9811	$().SPServices.SPComplexToSimpleDropdown	completefunc not called in SPComplexToSimpleDropdown
ALPHA10	9789	$().SPServices.SPComplexToSimpleDropdown	SPComplexToSimpleDropdown when column is not required