Adobe has updated After Effects to version 18.0 with it’s March 2021 release.
They added Media Replacement in Motion Graphics Templates and essential Properties.
A 3D Ground Plane to give a sense of 3D Perspective.
Team Projects Performance Improvements.
And the most exciting thing to me that is currently in beta testing, which is Mult-Frame Rendering using multi-core CPU that can have up to 300% Render improvements.