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VRChat Developer Updates, or "Dev Updates" are public announcements directed to VRChat users by the VRChat Team, acknowledging information on upcoming features or changes, product releases, current and future events or partnerships, or addressing community feedback.

Overview

Developer Updates are always posted to the Ask Forums and sometimes additionally on YouTube, once every other Thursday to cover patch notes, or announcements. Past developer updates took the form of either a blog post, or video format. However, modern developer updates are often streamlined to include both.

When the VRChat client receives an update, an Open Beta branch, or an announcement regarding server issues, an announcement will typically be posted on their respective Discord servers, but alternatively can appear on their social media profiles. Developer Updates will summarize any releases that happen between posts.

History

Updates by year

2024

Date Build Format Summary
September 25 2024.3.2p2
September 16 2024.3.2p1
September 11 2024.3.2
September 17 2024.3.3 (OPEN BETA)
August 28 2024.3.1p5
August 26 2024.3.1p4
August 21 2024.3.1p3
August 16 2024.3.1p2
August 15 2024.3.1p1
August 14 2024.3.1
August 29 2024.3.2 (OPEN BETA)
July 17 2024.2.3p2
July 24 2024.3.1 (BETA)
June 20 2024.2.3
July 9 2024.2.3p1
May 22 2024.2.2p1
May 8 2024.2.1p3
May 22 2024.2.2
May 3 2024.2.1p2
May 1 2024.2.1p1
April 24 2024.2.1
March 27 2024.1.2
April 3 2024.1.2p1
March 14 2024.1.1p2
February 14 2024.1.1
February 15 2024.1.1p1
January 29 2023.4.2p5
January 11 2023.4.2p4
January 10 2023.4.2p3

2023

Date Build Format Summary
December 8 2023.4.2p2m
December 6 2023.4.2p2
December 1 2023.4.2p1
November 30 2023.4.2
November 22 2023.4.1p4
November 17 2023.4.1p3
November 9 2023.4.1p2
November 1 2023.4.1p1
October 24 2023.3.3p3
October 20 2023.3.3p2m
October 20 2023.3.3p2
October 18 2023.4.1
October 16 2023.3.3p1
October 4 2023.3.3
September 13 2023.3.2p1m
August 31 2023.3.2
September 1 2023.3.2m
September 7 2023.3.2p1
August 17 2023.3.1m
2023.3.1p2
August 11 2023.3.1p1
August 9 2023.3.1
July 31 2023.2.4
June 12 2023.2.3
May 24 2023.2.2p1
May 3 2023.2.2
April 19 2023.2.1p2
April 14 2023.2.1p1
April 13 2023.2.1
March 22 2023.1.2p4
March 16 2023.1.2p3
March 15 2023.1.2p2
March 10 2023.1.2p1
March 9 2023.1.2
February 9 2023.1.1p2
February 7 2023.1.1p1
February 2 2023.1.1

2022

Starting in July 2022, VRChat began posting Developer Updates twice per week.

Date Build Format Summary
December 9 2022.4.2p1
December 7 2022.4.2
December 2 2022.4.1p3
November 10 2022.4.1p2
November 4 2022.4.1p1
November 3 2022.4.1
October 18 2022.3.1p2
October 13 2022.3.1p1
October 12 2022.3.1
September 6 2022.2.2p5
August 31 2022.2.2p4
August 30 2022.2.2p3
August 12 2022.2.2p2c
August 8 2022.2.2p2b
August 5 2022.2.2p2
July 29 2022.2.2p1b
July 27 2022.2.2p1
July 26 2022.2.2
June 24 2022.2.1p6
June 23 2022.2.1p5
June 2 2022.2.1p4
May 31 2022.2.1p3
May 26 2022.2.1p2
May 25 2022.2.1p1
May 25 2022.2.1
May 4 2022.1.2p4
April 26 2022.1.2p3
April 25 2022.1.2p2
April 21 2022.1.2p1
April 21 2022.1.2
April 12 2022.1.1p5
March 29 2022.1.1p4
March 21 2022.1.1p3
March 4 2022.1.1p2
February 28 2022.1.1p1
February 24 2022.1.1
February 10 2021.4.2p4

2021

Date Build Format Summary
December 16 2021.4.2p3
December 10 2021.4.2p2
December 7 2021.4.2p1
December 1 2021.4.2
November 18 2021.4.1p1
November 8 2021.4.1
November 5 2021.3.4p3
September 30 2021.3.4p2
September 21 2021.3.4p1
September 15 2021.3.4
September 8 2021.3.3p2
August 20 2021.3.3p1
August 18 2021.3.3
August 12 2021.3.2p1
August 4 2021.3.2
July 13 2021.3.1p1
July 8 2021.3.1
June 24 2021.2.4p3
June 17 2021.2.4p2
June 17 2021.2.4p1
June 16 2021.2.4
June 4 2021.2.3p1
June 3 2021.2.3
May 21 2021.2.2p1
May 17 2021.2.2
May 3 2021.2.1
April 1 2021.1.5p2
March 31 2021.1.5p1
March 23 2021.1.5
March 12 2021.1.4p1
March 10 2021.1.4
March 4 2021.1.3p2
March 1 2021.1.3p1
February 23 2021.1.3
February 5 2021.1.2p1
February 2 2021.1.2
January 20 2021.1.1p1
January 19 2021.1.1
January 8 2020.4.4p3

2020

Patch notes for VRChat Builds released in 2020[1] can be viewed at https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-2020

Date Build Format Summary
December 16 2020.4.4p2
December 11 2020.4.4p1
December 11 2020.4.4
December 8 2020.4.3p1
December 3 2020.4.3
November 16 2020.4.2p1
November 16 2020.4.2
November 4 2020.4.1p5
October 30 2020.4.1p4
October 30 2020.4.1p3
October 29 2020.4.1p2
October 28 2020.4.1p1
October 27 2020.4.1
October 1 2020.3.3p2
September 25 2020.3.3p1
September 18 2020.3.3
September 11 2020.3.2p6
September 1 2020.3.2p5
August 28 2020.3.2p4
August 14 2020.3.2p3
August 13 2020.3.2p2
August 7 2020.3.2p1
August 6 2020.3.2
July 16 2020.3.1
June 18 2020.2.3p1
June 17 2020.2.3
June 8 2020.2.2p1
May 28 2020.2.2
May 15 2020.2.1p1
May 12 2020.2.1
May 5 2020.1.1p5
April 30 2020.1.1p3.2
April 17 2020.1.1p3
April 9 2020.1.1p2
April 3 2020.1.1p1
April 1 2020.1.1

2019

Patch notes for VRChat Builds released in 2019[2] can be viewed at https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-2019

Date Build Format Summary
January 3 2018.4.4p4
January 18 2018.4.4p5
January 31 2018.4.4p6
February 7 2019.1.1
February 7 2019.1.1p1
February 26 2019.1.2
March 12 2019.1.3
March 26 2019.1.4
March 27 2019.1.4p1
March 29 2019.1.4p2
April 10 2019.2.1
April 12 2019.2.1p1
April 16 2019.2.1p2
2019.2.1p3
April 23 2019.2.1p4
April 24 2019.2.1p5
May 15 2019.2.2
May 16 - Video[3] Quest, Security, Optimizations, SDK, Community Labs, Udon
June 5 2019.2.3
June 7 2019.2.3p1
June 18 2019.2.4
June 19 2019.2.4-SDK1
July 31 2019.2.5
August 22 2019.3.1
August 22 2019.3.1p1
August 28 2019.3.1p2
September 4 2019.3.1p3
September 5 2019.3.1p4
September 11 2019.3.1p5
September 18 2019.3.2
October 1 2019.3.2p1
October 2 2019.3.2p2
December 12 2019.3.2p3

2018

Patch notes for VRChat Builds released in 2018[4] can be viewed at https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-2018

Date Build Format Summary
April 18 0.12.0p15 Video[5] Safety, Playmaker, VRChat Home (2018), Vive Controls, Coldfront
April 25 2018.1.1 / 553 Text[6], Video[7] VRChat Home (2018), Camera, Vive Controls, Avatar volume slider, HUD/nameplate toggle, VRCSDK IK Follower Script, Favorites, Recent Worlds
May 12 2018.1.2 Text[8], Video[9] Camera v2, Menu Rendering, Avatar Stations, Favorites, Recent Worlds
June 26 2018.2.2 Text[10], Video[11] Favorites, Recent Worlds, Sync Video Stream, VRChat Home Kit, Udon[12], Invert Mouse, Mouse Sensitivity, World File Size on UI, Avatar Particle Limiter System[13], IK improvements.
December 14 - Video[14] Oculus Quest, Quest SDK

2017

Patch notes for VRChat Builds released before February 28, 2018[15] can be viewed at https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-pre-2018

Date Build Format Summary
January 6 0.11.1 / VRCSDK.2016.12.01.18.02 Text[16], Video[17] Oculus Medium, Avatar creation, Mixamo, Blender, Unity
February 1 0.11.5 Text[18][19] Steam, Battle Discs, Capture the Flag, Steel 'n' Gold, Request Host
February 4 0.11.5p1 Text[20] Muting, Force Mic Off
February 17 0.11.5p10 Text[21] Blast Factory, Miner Dispute
March 6 0.11.6 Text[22] Nameplate colors and icons, Personal Space, Safety
April 13 0.11.7 Text[23] Private Instances, Friends Only, Request Invite, Moderation, Personal Space, Seated/Standing Mode
August 30 0.12.0 / Unity 5.6 Text[24] Full-Body Tracking, future-proofing, avatar preview, international compatible keyboard, video players, avatar IK animations, Voice prioritization, Dynamic Bones
October 5 0.12.0p1 Text[25][26] VIVE Investment, video players, Halloween Builders Contest "Scared to Reality"
October 27 0.12.0p2 Text[27] Halloween Contest “Scared to Reality”, Moderation, report abuse, Vote kicking, Polaroids, Help Videos, VRCHIVE
November 7 0.12.0p2 Text[28] VR Arcades, Virtual Weekality, VRSTUD.IO, What’s in the Box?
November 18 0.12.0p2 Text[29] The Hub (2017), VRCHIVE Panosphere, Fish, Birds, Social Sculpture
December 14 0.12.0p3 Text[30] Public Ban, VRChat website features, ban messages, notification icons, moderation, Portal improvements, desktop tutorial

2016

Patch notes for VRChat Builds released between December 2016 to May 2018[31]. can be viewed here.

Date Build Format Summary
April 11 0.9.x? Text[32] Oculus Home, HTC Vive, 360° Video Support, Chill Loft, Mr. Whiskers
May 11 0.9.x? Text[33] Vive Park, 'GREE VR Captial, LLC'[34], Portal Tag, Real World Virtual World, Avatar Spotlight
July 28 0.10.0 Text[35] Motion sickness, Holoport Locomotion
July 29 0.10.1 Text[36] Official VRChat source Rock 'n' Bowl, Sculpt Studio, Seinfeld Apartment[37][38], Avatar Spotlight
October 4 0.10.2 Text[39] Investments from HTC, Rothenberg Ventures, GREE VR Capital, Brightstone Venture Capital
December 8 0.11.0[40] Text[41] Early Access build, avatar IK, hand gestures, visemes, eye tracking and blinking, The Hub (2016), Quick Menu, Emotes and Emojis, Social and friending users, YouTube Wall, 3D Spatialized Audio, Featured Worlds; upcoming moderation tools, Oculus Touch support, launching on Viveport, Steam, Oculus stores

Official resources

See also

References

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