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 [[new-features]]
 = New & Noteworthy
 
+[[new-features.1-8-0]]
+== What's new in Spring Data MongoDB 1.8
+
+* `Criteria` offers support for creating `$geoIntersects`.
+* Support http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/expressions.html[SpEL expressions] in `@Query`.
+* `MongoMappingEvents` expose the collection name they are issued for.
+* Improved support for `<mongo:mongo-client credentials="..." />`.
+* Improved index creation failure error message.
+
 [[new-features.1-7-0]]
 == What's new in Spring Data MongoDB 1.7