Developers should download the JDK package (Java Development Kit) and non-developers should get the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) package. You don't need both.

After the 32-bit x86 port is removed, the architecture-agnostic Zero port will be the only way to run Java programs on 32-bit x86 processors. Deprecating the 32-bit x86 port in JDK 24 will allow ...

This latest version of Java has 18 features. JDK 25 comes on the heels of JDK 24, a six-month-support release that arrived March 18.