In simple terms, below are the new features for Sql server 2016 for developers.
Ø DROP IF EXISTS (DIE)
Ø SESSION_CONTEXT
Ø Dynamic data masking(DDM)
Ø Row level security (RLS)
Ø Always encrypted
Ø Stretch database
Ø Temporal
Ø JSON
Ø Query Store
Ø PolyBase
Ø R integration