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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

Since 2016, VRChat's developer updates have been posted on several outlets, and have also gone through different names. Former developer updates have been called Developer Blogs, Community Updates, and Town Hall Meetings.

VRChat have posted their Developer Updates on the following outlets over the years:

  • VRChat Blog: January 20, 2022 - Current (less frequently)
  • Ask Forum: May 4, 2020 - Current
  • YouTube: April 18, 2018 - Current
  • Steampowered: February 1, 2017 - Current (less frequently)
  • Medium: April 11, 2016 - January 18, 2022

Updates by year

Legend

Live release: Summary notes marked with ◇ (diamond), means that a feature or product has initially released, or an event began underway.
Limited release: Summary notes marked with □ (square), means that a feature or event became available in limited release, or Open Beta.
Announcement: Summary notes marked with ○ (circle), means that a feature, feature update, or event was announced, and was not yet released or available at the time of the announcement.
Changes: Summary notes in italics, means that there were follow-up notes, or patch notes on a feature or software that was updated, or follow-up notes on an event that concluded.
Misc: Summary notes without markings, refer to miscellaneous notes, or have not been categorized.


2025

Date Build Format Summary
March 13 2025.TBA Text TBA
February 27 2025.1.2[1] Text[2], Video[3] Space Jam 2025[Change type 1], Avatar Gallery on website[Change type 1], world input fields[Change type 2], Soba[Change type 2]
February 13 2025.1.1p1[4] Text[5] ◇Very Poor avatars on mobile, □2025.1.2, □Camera Dolly (page), ○upcoming world jam, ○SDK avatar optimizer, Impostors 1.2.0 (page)
January 30 2025.1.1[6] Text[7], Video[8] ○Upcoming world jam, ○main menu, ○streamer mode, age verification, VRChat+, VRChat SDK, HTC VIVE avatars
January 28 2024.4.2[9] Text[10] Age Verification, VRChat+
January 16 2024.4.2[11] Text[12] □Creator showcase, ○upcoming jam, ○logging, ○SDK2 depreciation, age verification, user research

2024

Date Build Format Summary
December 12 2024.4.2[13] Text[14], Video[15][16] 2024 recap, NYE, VRRat Plush, age verification, Creator roadmap, Prints, Gift drops, Jam, Persistence, One-time purchases
November 27 2024.4.1p5[17] Video[18] Age verification
November 25 2024.4.1p4[19] Text[20] Creator Roadmap, Persistence, One-Time Purchases, Soba
November 14 2024.4.1p2[21] Text[22] New Years Eve, Prints, Persistence, Built & Test - Android
October 31 2024.4.1[23] Text[24], Video[25] Spookality 2024, NVIDIA GeForce NOW, Hand Tracking, PC avatar optimization
October 17 2024.3.3p1[26] Text[27], Video[28] Spookality 2024, iOS world publishing, Stickers, Sharing, Chatbox 2.0, Camera updates, Persistence Open Beta, Badges
October 9 2024.3.3[29] Text[30] Udon code signing, Badges, web updates, Impostors, Hand Tracking
September 19 2024.3.2p1[31] Text[32] Hotlinking images, Persistence open beta, Physbones Constraints, Chatbox 2.0, Example Central, Spookality Jam
September 5 2024.3.1p5[33] Text[34], Video[35] Stickers, Sharing, VRChat+
August 22 2024.3.1p3[36] Text[37], Video[38] Input 2.0, Portals, Constraints, VRChat Wiki, Udon, Summer Music Jam
August 8 2024.2.3p2[39] Text[40] Gold memoriam[41], iOS Closed Beta, Status icons, Camera, Ukrainian language support
July 25 2024.2.3p2[42] Text[43] Summer Music Jam, Security update, VRChat SDK, Unity AI navigation, Constraints, Hand Tracking, Input 2.0, Portals
July 11 2024.2.3[44] Text[45] Summer Music Jam, Pico, Dynamic Bone conversion, Age verification, Mipmapping, Constraints, Avatar size limit
May 30 2024.2.2p1[46] Text[47] VRChat Merch, Hebrew language support, Booping, Constraints, Summer Music Jam
May 16 2024.2.1p3[48] Text[49] VRChat Home, iOS closed beta
May 2 2024.2.1p1[50] Text[51] Golden Week, Hand Tracking, Input 2.0, Localization, VRChat SDK, VRChat API, VRChat Home
April 11 2024.1.2p1[52] Text[53] Space 'Jam'[54], Impostors, Languages, Groups, VRChat SDK, VRChat Home
March 28 2024.1.1p2[55] Text[56] Web updates, Group ownership transfer, Canny
March 14 2024.1.1p2[57] Text[58] Space 'Jam', Venice Film Festival, Udon, Udon 2 / Soba, Avatar shaders, Creator Economy
February 29 2024.1.1p1[59] Text[60], Video[61] Udon 2, Persistence, User Research, VRChat+, Creator Economy
February 15 2024.1.1p1[62] Text[63] Localization, Shaders, Creator Economy, Horse
February 1 2023.4.2p5[64] Text[65] Group Locations, Instance closing, Camera, Avatar contacts
January 18 2023.4.2p4[66] Text[67], Video[68] Creator Economy
January 4 2023.4.2p2[69] Text[70] Unity 2022 migration, New Years, SanRio Fest

2023

Date Build Format Summary
December 7 2023.4.2p2[71] Text[72] Android, Avatar security checks, Content Gating, VRCHeadChop, NVIDIA variable shading
November 22 2023.4.1p4[73] Text[74], Video[75] Creator Economy, New Years Eve, Terms of Service, Privacy Policy
November 7 2023.4.1p2[76] Text[77] AnimeNYC, Pico, New Years Eve, Impostors, VRChat SDK
October 26 2023.4.1p1[78] Text[79], Video[80] Unity 2022, Spookality 2023, Bug fixes
October 12 2023.3.3[81] Text[82], Video[83] SDK Semantic Versioning, Public SDK API, Content Gating, Unity 2022, Spookality 2023
September 28 2023.3.2p1m[84] Text[85] Search algorithms, Spookality 2023, Unity 2022
September 14 2023.3.2p1m[86] Text[87] VRChat SDK, Security, Impostors, VRChat website
August 31 2023.3.2[88] Text[89] Unity 2022 Open Beta, VRChat SDK, Groups, Android
August 3 2023.2.4[90] Text[91], Video[92] Avatar scaling, Settings search, Localization, OSCQuery, VRChat+, Custom UI, Root motion
July 20 2023.2.3p3[93] Text[94][95] There is missing documentation for 2023.2.3p3, 2023.2.3p2, and 2023.2.3p1
June 29 2023.2.3[96] Text[97] Custom Emoji, ClientSim, VCC, IK, Avatar world filters
June 15 2023.2.3[98] Text[99], Video[100] Creator Documentation[101], yt-dlp, Av3Emulator, Custom Emoji, UI, Localization, PhysBones, Groups
June 1 2023.2.2p1[102] Text[103] Groups, ClientSim, UI, Votekick notifications
May 18 2023.2.2[104] Text[105], Video[106] Creator Economy, Quest 1 deprecation
May 4 2023.2.2[107] Text[108], Video[109][110] Biweekly dev updates, Squishy Bones, VCC, Guided Mode, VRCSDK, Udon UI
April 28 2023.2.1p2[111] Text[112] SDK e-mail authentication, VCC, Squishy Bones, Guided Mode, VRCSDK, Udon UI, Group filtering
April 20 2023.2.1p2[113] Text[114] Account pruning, VCC, Groups
April 13 2023.2.1[115] Text[116], Video[117] Avatars For Everyone Jam, Account pruning, Native eye tracking, Main Menu settings, Prioritized avatar download, 2FA improvements, Quest 1 deprecation
March 30 2023.1.2p4[118] Text[119] SDK Email Authentication, Avatars for Everyone! Jam, Mobile Android, Remote player colliders
March 23 2023.1.2p4[120] Text[121] Hiring spree, VCC user repositories, Udon UI, SDK Email authentication, Avatars for Everyone! Jam, Quick Launcher
March 16 2023.1.2p3[122] Text[123] Avatar pedestals, SDK warnings, Hiring spree, Udon UI, SDK Email authentication, Avatars for Everyone! Jam
March 9 2023.1.2[124] Text[125], Video[126] VCC 2.0, Hiring spree, AsyncGPUReadback, Udon Ownership,
March 2 2023.1.1p2[127] Text[128] Creator Companion, Eye tracking, Avatar download prioritization, Event execution order[129]
February 23 2023.1.1p2[130] Text[131] VRChat SDK 3.11.1, Creator Companion, Remote Image Loading[132], Remote String Loading[133], Group unblocking
February 16 2023.1.1p2[134] Text[135] SDK2 deprecation, Avatar performance stats, Avatar VRAM, Avatar constraints, Udon UI, Groups web interface
February 9 2023.1.1p2[136] Text[137] Audio changes, Udon JSON, UNU tweaks, Localized tooltips, "Rule of Thirds" Camera,
February 2 2023.1.1[138] Text[139], Video[140] Multi-layered camera, grab-to-adjust FBT calibration, user and world search refinement, Quest finger tracking, Earmuffs, Portal UI, Udon MIDI
January 26 2022.4.2p1[141] Text[142] Early Supporter badge, SDK2 deprecation, Search menu, Quest finger tracking, Audio slider fixes
January 19 2022.4.2p1[143] Text[144] NYE summary, "Tree of Realms" NYE Merchandise, Steel 'n' Gold remaster[145], Remote string loading, HUD adjustments,

2022

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

Date Build Format Summary
December 15 2022.4.2p1[146] Text[147] NYE 2023, SDK2 deprecation, Creator Companion, Remote String Loader, Video Recording (Udon), Udon 2
December 8 2022.4.2[148] Text[149] Groups, 'Gesture Manager' on VCC, VCC updates, remote image loading, NYE 2023
December 1 2022.4.1p2 Text[150] Groups in open beta[151], OSC FBT trackers, Sony mocopi, Unity 2019.4.40f1, curated VCC packages and UI updates, VRChat search UI, ToxMod not implemented, Safety
November 17 2022.4.1p2 Text[152] Groups preview, OSC trackers, VRChat Entertainment Network, NYE 2023, SDK2 deprecation
November 10 2022.4.1p2[153] Text[154] Graphic Udon Hooks, Video Recording and screenshots (Udon), Groups preview, SDk2 deprecation, VCC updates
November 3 2022.4.1[155] Text[156] Quest finger tracking, Spookality 2022, Linux and MacOS content development, groups preview, NYE 2023, desktop camera fixes, renaming avatar favorites
October 27 2022.3.1p2 Text[157]
October 20 2022.3.1p2[158] Text[159]
October 13 2022.3.1p1[160] Text[161] 2022.3.1[162], Main Menu UI update, E-mail verification[163], UI 2.0[164],
October 6 2022.2.2p5 Text[165] Spookality 2022[166]
September 29 2022.2.2p5 Text[167]
September 22 2022.2.2p5 Text[168]
September 15 2022.2.2p5 Text[169]
September 8 2022.2.2p5[170] Text[171] UI 2.0 Open Beta[172]
September 2 2022.2.2p4[173] Text[174]
August 30 2022.2.2p3[175] Text[176] Creator Companion[177]
August 26 2022.2.2p2c Text[178]
August 23 2022.2.2p2c Text[179]
August 19 2022.2.2p2c Text[180]
August 16 2022.2.2p2c Text[181]
August 12 2022.2.2p2c[182] Text[183]
August 11 2022.2.2p2b Text[184]
August 10 2022.2.2p2b Text[185]
August 9 2022.2.2p2b Text[186]
August 8 2022.2.2p2b[187] Text[188]
August 5 2022.2.2p2[189] Text[190]
August 4 2022.2.2p1b Text[191]
August 3 2022.2.2p1b Text[192]
August 2 2022.2.2p1b Text[193]
July 29 2022.2.2p1b[194] Text[195]
July 28 2022.2.2p1 Text[196] ○Horizon Adjust, noise cancellation, custom mic sensitivity, slider snapping, "Solo Audio" and "Conversation Dome" (integrated as Earmuff Mode), Steam audio, avatar distance culling, text-to-speech (TTS), Ask to Portal, better portal placement, near-clipping slider, Home World instance type, particle limiter, copy/paste buttons, haptics on touch, increased favorites, personal mirror, FBT calibration visualization, camera changes, user notes, hide avatar globally, safety and security
From this cell, upwards, VRChat begins to actively utilize the Ask Forums to post Developer Updates, after one post since January 2021.
July 27 2022.2.2p1[197] Text[198] Addressing community feedback, regarding EAC integration; ○Horizon Adjust, Personal Mirrors, custom mic sensitivity, visual adjustments, moveable Main Menu, haptics on touch, particle limiters[199]
July 25/26 2022.2.2[200] Text[201] Easy Anti-Cheat, Security Updates; ○accessibility features, secure instances, Portal locking[202]
May 17 2922.1.2p4[203] Text[204] Creator Toolbox Update, VRChat Package Manager, Creator Companion, ClientSim, UdonSharp, Quick Launcher
April 21 2022.1.2p1[205] Text[206], Video[207] Avatar Dynamics, PhysBones, Dynamic Bone conversion
April 1 2022.1.1p4[208] Text[209] Joke Jam World results, Udon analytics
March 4 2022.1.1p2[210] Text[211] Avatar Dynamics (Open Beta)
February 25 2022.1.1p1[212] Text[213], Video[214] IK 2.0[215] (Open Beta)
February 16 2021.4.2p4[216] Text[217] OSC for Avatars, Comfort Tunneling
January 28 2021.4.2p3[218] Text[219] VRChat's policy on non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and blockchain
From this cell upwards, VRChat migrated[220] their blog, from Medium to a self-hosted blog.

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
January 5

2020

Patch notes for VRChat Builds released in 2020[221] 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[222] can be viewed at https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-2019

Date Build Format Summary
December 12 2019.3.2p3
October 2 2019.3.2p2
October 1 2019.3.2p1
September 18 2019.3.2
September 11 2019.3.1p5
September 5 2019.3.1p4
September 4 2019.3.1p3
August 28 2019.3.1p2
August 22 2019.3.1p1
August 22 2019.3.1
July 31 2019.2.5
June 19 2019.2.4-SDK1
June 18 2019.2.4
June 7 2019.2.3p1
June 5 2019.2.3
May 16 2019.2.2 Video[223] Quest, Security, Optimizations, SDK, Community Labs, Udon
May 15 2019.2.2
April 24 2019.2.1p5
April 23 2019.2.1p4
2019.2.1p3
April 16 2019.2.1p2
April 12 2019.2.1p1
April 10 2019.2.1
March 29 2019.1.4p2
March 27 2019.1.4p1
March 26 2019.1.4
March 12 2019.1.3
February 26 2019.1.2
February 7 2019.1.1p1
February 7 2019.1.1
January 31 2018.4.4p6
January 18 2018.4.4p5
January 3 2018.4.4p4

2018

Patch notes for VRChat Builds released in 2018[224] can be viewed at https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-2018

Date Build Format Summary
December 14 2018.4.3p1 Video[225] Oculus Quest, Quest SDK
June 26 2018.2.2 Text[226], Video[227] Favorites, Recent Worlds, Sync Video Stream, VRChat Home Kit, Udon[228], Invert Mouse, Mouse Sensitivity, World File Size on UI, Avatar Particle Limiter System[229], IK improvements.
May 12 2018.1.2 Text[230], Video[231] Camera v2, Menu Rendering, Avatar Stations, Favorites, Recent Worlds
April 25 2018.1.1 / 553 Text[232], Video[233] VRChat Home (2018), Camera, Vive Controls, Avatar volume slider, HUD/nameplate toggle, VRCSDK IK Follower Script, Favorites, Recent Worlds
April 18 0.12.0p15 Video[234] Safety, Playmaker, VRChat Home (2018), Vive Controls, Coldfront

2017

Patch notes for VRChat Builds released before February 28, 2018[235] can be viewed at https://docs.vrchat.com/docs/patch-notes-pre-2018

Date Build Format Summary
December 14 0.12.0p3 Text[236] Public Ban, VRChat website features, ban messages, notification icons, moderation, Portal improvements, desktop tutorial
November 18 0.12.0p2 Text[237] The Hub (2017), VRCHIVE Panosphere, Fish, Birds, Social Sculpture
November 7 0.12.0p2 Text[238] VR Arcades, Virtual Weekality, VRSTUD.IO, What’s in the Box?
October 27 0.12.0p2 Text[239] Halloween Contest “Scared to Reality”, Moderation, report abuse, Vote kicking, Polaroids, Help Videos, VRCHIVE, Stations / Seats
October 5 0.12.0p1 Text[240][241] VIVE Investment, video players, Halloween Builders Contest "Scared to Reality"
August 30 0.12.0 / Unity 5.6 Text[242] Full-Body Tracking, future-proofing, avatar preview, international compatible keyboard, video players, avatar IK animations, Voice prioritization, Dynamic Bones
April 13 0.11.7 Text[243] Private Instances, Friends Only, Request Invite, Moderation, Personal Space, Seated/Standing Mode
March 6 0.11.6 Text[244] Nameplate colors and icons, Personal Space, Safety
February 17 0.11.5p10 Text[245] Blast Factory, Miner Dispute
February 4 0.11.5p1 Text[246] Muting, Force Mic Off
February 1 0.11.5 Text[247][248] Steam, Battle Discs, Capture the Flag, Steel 'n' Gold, Request Host
January 6 0.11.1 / VRCSDK.2016.12.01.18.02 Text[249], Video[250] Oculus Medium, Avatar creation, Mixamo, Blender, Unity

2016

Patch notes for VRChat Builds released between December 2016 to May 2018[251]. can be viewed here.

Date Build Format Summary
December 8 0.11.0[252] Text[253] 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
October 4 0.10.2 Text[254] Investments from HTC, Rothenberg Ventures, GREE VR Capital, Brightstone Venture Capital
July 29 0.10.1 Text[255] Official VRChat source Rock 'n' Bowl, Sculpt Studio, Seinfeld Apartment[256][257], Avatar Spotlight
July 28 0.10.0 Text[258] Motion sickness, Holoport Locomotion
May 11 0.9.x? Text[259] Vive Park, 'GREE VR Captial, LLC'[260], Portal Tag, Real World Virtual World, Avatar Spotlight
April 11 0.9.x? Text[261] Oculus Home, HTC Vive, 360° Video Support, Chill Loft, Mr. Whiskers

Official resources

See also

References

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