Updates from the week through to Sunday, June 1st, 2025
This summary is generally published every Monday, and is a list of SL viewer / client releases (official and TPV) made during the previous week. When reading it, please note:
- It is based on my Current Viewer Releases Page, a list of all Second Life viewers and clients that are in popular use (and of which I am aware), and which are recognised as adhering to the TPV Policy.
- This page includes comprehensive links to download pages, blog notes, release notes, etc., as well as links to any / all reviews of specific viewers / clients made within this blog.
- By its nature, this summary presented here will always be in arrears, please refer to the Current Viewer Release Page for more up-to-date information.
- Outside of the Official viewer, and as a rule, alpha / beta / nightly or release candidate viewer builds are not included; although on occasions, exceptions might be made.
Official LL Viewers
- Default viewer: 2025.04 – 7.1.14.15192634334, issued May 25, promoted May 28 – NEW
- Chat Mentions Type @ then pick a name. To follow: audible alerts and highlight colour pickers. This does not support generic mentions such as @everyone or @here.
- My Outfits subfolders: now supports the use of subfolders.
- Build Floater improvements: increase to scale boundaries; Physics Material Type now updates when selecting linked objects; Repeats per Meter value no longer incorrect for non-uniform sized objects.
- Hover height: the minimum/maximum is now +/- 3 meters.
- Snapshot floater: L$ balances can be hidden independently of the rest of the UI.
- Preference Search bar: general usability and readability improvements.
- Refer to the release notes for full updates and fixes.
- Second Life Project Lua Editor Alpha (Aditi only), version 7.1.12.14888088240, May 13 – No Change.
LL Viewer Resources
- SL release viewer download page – LL
- SL viewer release notes – LL
- SL Alternate Viewers page – LL
- SL available viewer index – LL
- SL Viewer updates and reviews – this blog
Third-party Viewers
V7-style
- Black Dragon for Windows – 5.4.1 June 1 – release notes.
- Megapahit: 7.1.14.53684 (2025.04) – May 28 – changelog.
V1-style
- Cool VL viewer Stable: 1.32.2.49, May 31 – release notes.
Mobile / Other Clients
- No updates.
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