Photon grenades now grant the fire warriors the Stealth rule if they are being shot from within eight inches and deny assaulting units their bonus attacks (but not any other bonuses) from charging. By itself I would have said that was enough, but they also gained the Supporting Fire special rule and photon grenades.
They have the same stats in all categories they did in the previous codex, but have dropped one point per model.
Statistically speaking, the fire warrior is unchanged. While Son of Horus has been promoting them to me since before the new codex, I had consistently underestimated them due to my dice luck. While not greatly changed on the surface, the fire warrior team's wargear and options have changed significantly and they have been catapulted to center stage in the Tau player's playbook rather than being relegated to hiding in a devilfish. It's time to look at the heart of the cadre around which you should build all your armies and most of your efforts, the Fire Warrior team.
