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+- 1/23/2017: version 0.6.0
+  * lossless performance and compression improvements
+  * miscellaneous performance improvements (SSE2, NEON, MSA)
+  * webpmux gained a -duration option allowing for frame timing modification
+  * new img2webp utility allowing a sequence of images to be converted to
+    animated webp
+  * WebPDecoder framework for IOS, WebP framework now contains the encoder
+  * API changes:
+    - libwebp:
+      WebPPictureSharpARGBToYUVA
+      WebPPlaneDistortion
+
 - 12/13/2016: version 0.5.2
   This is a binary compatible release.
   This release covers CVE-2016-8888 and CVE-2016-9085.