if anyone can produce evidence otherwise, I'll stand humbly corrected.
Microwave smarts do not appear to have changed in the last ten years

Here's a list of things I want on a microwave oven

• permanent clock. One of the main things a microwave has become is a chronograph. Why not keep the clock on all the time?
• Separate time remaining/countdown display. This should be the same or smaller type of display as the clock with high visibility VFD numerals.
• An LCD for menu control functions
• a Jog wheel for easy adjustment and selection of features
• a funtion to add time to the current cooking time
• a function to adjust the power/temperature without stopping and resetting the cooking process.
• a current temperature display
• a touch screen would be great too
• comm or ethernet port for remote interrogation / notification when my coffee/danish has re-heated while i'm working in my study.
• hijackable kernel or at least upgradeable OS
• a robotic maid to bring the coffee to me
  

Ok, maybe the last one is a feature for next year but are there any other features to add?