Reply to Traktor 2.6.2, New features in S4 mapping?

As 2.6.1 caused the headphone channel to have a beep noise, I have been using 2.6.0. The new update works beautifully for me, but I noticed some things that I'm not sure if they are new to 2.6.2, or were in 2.6.1.

Loop display flashes when loop is active.
Setting a loop while in flux mode, the loop is only active while pressing the encoder down.
Also, when setting cue points, if the loop markers are on the track but not active, Traktor used to make my cue point a loop (which was a PITA). Now it just sets a cue point. Yeah!

So are these mapping improvements? Or have I just been behind the times?