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title: "08.28.2025: New arize-phoenix-client Package"
description: "We’re excited to announce the release of **`arize-phoenix-client`**, a lightweight, fully-featured package for interacting with Phoenix. With this client, you no longer need to install `arize-phoenix` unless running a local instance."
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<Update label="08.28.2025">
**Key Features:**

* **Datasets:** Create and manage datasets for experimentation.
* **Experiments:** Run experiments and evaluate model performance.
* **Prompts:** Manage prompt templates and their versions.
* **Spans:** Access and analyze traces and spans.
* **Annotations:** Add annotations, evaluations, and feedback to spans.
* **Projects:** Organize your work with project management tools.

This release provides first-class support for interacting with a Phoenix instance while keeping your environment light and simple.

### Documentation

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