Updates from the week through to Sunday, January 2nd, 2026
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 2025.08 – 7.2.3.19375695301 – maintenance update with bug fixes and quality of life improvements – December 2 – No Change.
- Notable addition: new VHACD-based convex decomposition library for mesh uploads.
- Second Life Project Lua Editor Alpha viewer 7.2.3.19911032641, December 5 – No Change.
- Second Life Project Voice Moderation viewer 26.1.0.20139269477, December 12 – No Change.
- Introduces the ability to moderate spatial voice chat in regions configured to use webRTC voice.
- Second Life Project One Click Install viewer 26.1.0.21295806042, January 26, 2026 – one-click viewer installation – NEW.
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 – 5.5.2 February 2, 2026 – release notes.
V1-style
- Cool VL viewer Stable: 1.32.4.19, February 1, 2026 – release notes.
Mobile / Other Clients
- No updates.
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