AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Opus 4.6 in Amazon Bedrock, AWS Builder ID Sign in with Apple, and more (February 9, 2026)

This article summarizes AWS announcements from the week of February 9, 2026, covering compute, networking, security, and AI services.

• EC2 C8id, M8id, R8id instances offer 43% higher performance and 3.3x more memory bandwidth
• AWS Network Firewall reduces pricing with NAT Gateway discounts and removes TLS inspection charges
• Amazon ECS adds Network Load Balancer support for Linear and Canary deployments
• AWS Config now supports 30 new resource types across EKS, Amazon Q, and AWS IoT
• DynamoDB global tables enable replication across multiple AWS accounts for improved resiliency
• Amazon RDS console provides code snippets and CloudShell integration for database connections
• AWS Builder ID now supports Sign in with Apple authentication option
• AWS STS validates identity provider claims from Google, GitHub, CircleCI, and OCI
• AWS Management Console displays Account Name in navigation bar for easier identification
• Amazon CloudFront adds mutual TLS support for origin authentication
• Claude Opus 4.6 available in Amazon Bedrock for coding and enterprise agents
• Amazon Bedrock now supports structured outputs with JSON schema validation

Key highlights include new EC2 instances with improved performance, expanded database replication capabilities, enhanced authentication options, and advanced AI model availability through Bedrock.