Avast 2015 free has been released and is available for download. Details/Changelog about the new version and the direct download links can be seen here:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=157520.0
Not a very breakthrough kinda version update, I would have liked to see interface change of some kind
.. but anyways, improvements are welcome.
Will be downloading and installing in a few days.. will check their forum first to see if there are any major issues reported.