Β The Stable channel has been updated to 153.0.8010.52/.53 for Windows andMac andΒ 153.0.8010.52 toΒ Linux which will roll out over the coming days/weeks. A full list of changes in this build is available in the LogΒ
Security Fixes and Rewards
Note: Access to bug details and links may be kept restricted until a majority of users are updated with a fix. We will also retain restrictions if the bug exists in a third party library that other projects similarly depend on, but havenβt yet fixed.
This update includes 16 security fixes. Please see the Chrome Security Page for more information.
[TBD][500417361] Critical CVE-2026-93374: Use after free in Dawn. Reported by Florian Schweitzer on 2026-04-08
[N/A][548085797] Critical CVE-2026-93372: Buffer overflow in WebGL. Reported by Google on 2026-08-17
[$3,000][550839154] High CVE-2026-93375: Incorrect reference resolution in Tracing. Reported by M. Fauzan Wijaya (Gh05t666nero) on 2026-08-22
[TBD][541707261] High CVE-2026-93382: Use after free in PDFium. Reported by WinD39 - Huynh Dinh Vu on 2026-08-02
[N/A][553130676] High CVE-2026-93387: Improper state validation in Skia. Reported by Google on 2026-08-26
[N/A][553132214] High CVE-2026-93373: Use after free in Extensions. Reported by Google on 2026-08-26
[TBD][556853443] High CVE-2026-93381: Buffer overflow in PDFium. Reported by SeungMyung Lee (@sm1ee), Siung kim (@ksw9722) on 2026-09-03
[TBD][560039872] High CVE-2026-93379: Incorrect authorization in ORB. Reported by OGINOME Tomohito on 2026-09-11
[N/A][560121552] High CVE-2026-93377: Type confusion in V8. Reported by Google on 2026-09-11
[N/A][498411599] Medium CVE-2026-93380: Race condition in FileSystem. Reported by Google on 2026-04-01
[N/A][511832293] Medium CVE-2026-93384: Server-side request forgery in Omnibox. Reported by Google on 2026-05-10
[N/A][515493668] Medium CVE-2026-93383: Information leak in Permissions. Reported by Google on 2026-05-22
[N/A][520521197] Medium CVE-2026-93376: Out of bounds read in DataTransfer. Reported by Google on 2026-06-05
[N/A][540051167] Medium CVE-2026-93378: Missing authorization in Storage. Reported by Google on 2026-07-28
[N/A][553136980] Medium CVE-2026-93385: Information leak in Paint. Reported by Google on 2026-08-26
[N/A][513996595] Low CVE-2026-93386: UI misrepresentation in WebAppInstalls. Reported by Google on 2026-05-17
We would also like to thank all security researchers that worked with us during the development cycle to prevent security bugs from ever reaching the stable channel.
Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
Β The Extended Stable channel has been updated to 152.0.7977.134Β for Windows and Mac which will roll out over the coming days/weeks.
A full list of changes in this build is available in the log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
On Friday, September 18, Apple Store locations around the world introduced customers to the iPhone 18 Pro lineup, Apple Watch Series 12, Apple Watch Ultra 4, and AirPods 5.
This release fixes six vulnerabilities reported by Jan Kahmen (turingpoint). Please update.
Mail: HTML mail could run script in the webmail origin. cid: references were rewritten to blob: URLs that kept the sender's Content-Type, and the reverse proxy skipped every security header β CSP included β on app paths whose last segment contains a dot, although the signed-in mail, calendar, contacts and files routes render there. Blob URLs are now retyped as inert, link clicks from the message frame are gated by scheme, and the proxy only skips headers for an explicit static-asset allowlist (GHSA-xvjh-v9c6-qcvc, thanks @kah-ja)
Auth: POST /api/auth/session and POST /api/auth/stalwart-context minted identity cookies without checking the supplied credentials against the JMAP server, so anyone could obtain a cookie for an arbitrary username and read that user's server-side settings. Credentials are now verified upstream before a cookie is issued: Basic credentials are bound to the account they authenticate, Bearer tokens to the session's username and identity. Deployments whose webmail container cannot reach the JMAP server no longer receive identity cookies, so cross-device settings sync stops working there (GHSA-wxcm-j4jc-9fxq, thanks @kah-ja)
Plugins: The /plugin-sandbox runtime trusted whichever window posted the first message, so a foreign site could window.open() it, post its own init, and run code under the route's unsafe-eval CSP in the app origin β with or without plugins enabled. The sandbox now only accepts its framing window, and the proxy refuses to serve the route outside an iframe or when plugins are disabled (GHSA-96cx-gx36-3g79, thanks @kah-ja)
Auth: Encrypted payloads now carry a purpose, so a WOPI editor access token can no longer be presented as a jmap_stalwart_ctx session cookie (GHSA-cqqx-mjcf-mh55, thanks @kah-ja)
Auth: Reject cross-site requests to /api/auth/*. A malicious page could POST the victim's browser into an attacker-controlled account (session fixation) (GHSA-qvr9-m8cq-7wvg, thanks @kah-ja)
Mail: Strip CR/LF and other control characters from the header values of generated read receipts. A crafted, RFC 2047-encoded subject could inject additional headers into the receipt (GHSA-w38p-hpqv-g89c, thanks @kah-ja)
Auth / Branding: Pin the resolved IP at connect time for stored custom JMAP endpoints and branding URLs too, closing the DNS-rebinding gap left after GHSA-24w9-8r42-8jwm
Features
Search: Global search across mail, contacts, calendar and files β query parser, ranking and cross-account providers, a search palette, and a search tab in the Pro shell with avatars, tinted icons and structured previews (#641); hits open through the owning login on every surface (#847)
Files: Office document editing through WOPI β Collabora Online, OnlyOffice and EuroOffice (#425); the demo Files drive ships office document fixtures and a word-processor icon
Calendar: Freely scrolling month, week and day views (#759), infinite scroll in the agenda view, and a setting to turn free scrolling off
Calendar: Recurring occurrences use Stalwart's synthetic ids (#140)
Calendar: Attendee free/busy via Principal/getAvailability
Calendar: Invitations and updates surface from CalendarEventNotification, and invitations are organized as the default ParticipantIdentity
Mail: Per-message HTML / plain-text toggle (#1022)
Mail: Share mail folders with other users via mail:share; share notifications appear as toasts
Mail: Search hits are highlighted with SearchSnippet/get
Mail: Pushes are resolved with Email/changes and Mailbox/changes deltas instead of refetching the list
Mail: Attachments show on list rows and open from there (#947, thanks @shukiv)
Mail: Filter advanced search by message size
Mail: Deleting a non-empty folder offers to delete its messages along with it
Mail: "Clear search when switching folders" setting (#852, thanks @shukiv)
CI: The test suite runs on every push and pull request (#647)
Dev: FileNode and blob round-trip in the mock JMAP server, and WOPI on the same-origin dev server
Changes
Docs: Installer section removed from the README and formatting cleaned up
Security policy: New vulnerability report email address
Fixes
Filters: Render the "Keep" action as fileinto "INBOX" (#1027)
Mail: List tagged mail from every account in the tag view, not just the selected folder's account (#1038)
Mail: Dragging a message out of the list could hang the tab when generated .eml file names collided (#1039)
Mail: Preserve label filtering during mailbox refreshes (#1017, thanks @ctaoist)
Mail: Hide body-embedded cid: parts declared as application/octet-stream from the attachment list (#1005, thanks @dealerweb)
Mail: Stop stretching images that carry their own max-width (#1034, thanks @shukiv), and let sender tables keep theirs (#790)
Mail: Refetch the body when JMAP truncates the displayed part instead of rendering a blank message (#928, thanks @hildebrandttk)
Mail: Auto-detect text direction in the read, print, plain-text, thread and .eml preview views (#663, thanks @shukiv)
Mail: Open search hits from shared folders in the right account (#923)
Mail: Collapse search hits for the same server object reached through several logins (#641)
Mail: Guard quick search against stale responses (#872, thanks @vj1235432)
Mail: Only show the unified mailbox section when it can be populated (#843), and stop it missing accounts that had not connected yet (#959, thanks @hildebrandttk)
Mail: Surface Email/set failures on delete and move (#956)
Mail: Report a missing archive mailbox instead of failing silently (#578), and archive shared-inbox mail into the owner's archive (#889)
Mail: Mark as spam from the viewer after the message left the list (#695)
Mail: Sort folders in the role assignment dropdown (#984)
Mail: Add the missing "Scheduled" folder role label (#495)
Mail: Wire the x shortcut to thread expansion (#683)
Mail: Keep the reading-mode toggle mounted so toolbar buttons stop jumping (#964)
Mail: Stop the batch toolbar hiding the message you just selected (#948, thanks @shukiv), keep rows in place when it opens, and drop the duplicate selection checkbox
Mail: Align the unread dot with the first line (#715, thanks @lucletoffe) and centre the sender avatar against the row (#953, thanks @shukiv)
Mail: Use Simplified Chinese for the selected-messages label (#786)
Send: Send from the address a message was delivered to (#991, thanks @rotterp)
Send: Set the answered flag when a reply goes out with a send delay (#985)
Composer: Upload attachments through the composing identity's account (#943)
Composer: Pro compose tabs default their From to the open mailbox (#990, thanks @rotterp)
Calendar: Jump to the day picked in the mini calendar (#1037, thanks @dealerweb)
Calendar: Wait for the JMAP client before loading the account principal, and recognise a refused principal read by its JMAP error type (#1036, thanks @dealerweb)
Calendar: Dedupe participants, resolve contact names across alias domains, and show the organizer's status (#986, thanks @ibayue)
Calendar: Linkify URLs in the event description (#968, thanks @lucletoffe)
Calendar: Normalize task progress states (#994, thanks @mulatta) and omit progressUpdated from the task completion payload (#958, thanks @sanitz)
Calendar: Preserve task alarms that the edit dialog does not show (#504)
Calendar: Report calendar clear failures instead of counting zero (#434)
Calendar: Make the iCal subscription size limit configurable and show the real error (#692)
Calendar: Paginate the event fetch on import so UID deduplication sees all existing events (#113)
Contacts: Strip the local-account prefix from address-book ids on contact update (#1043)
Contacts: Set name.full on all write paths so vCards carry the mandatory FN (#430)
Contacts: Create new contacts in the selected address book (#940, thanks @ponchofiesta)
Accounts: Detect HTTP/2 from the initial navigation timing so accounts are not capped at five (#1003, thanks @lucamzanon)
Auth: Reject wrong passwords server-side so the browser never shows its Basic Auth dialog (#969)
Auth: Stop retrying token refreshes that fail permanently (#972)
Auth: Normalize the OAuth discovery base so a session JMAP_SERVER_URL refreshes (#971, thanks @thejdubb02)
Auth: Use the selected server's issuer for SSO discovery (#952)
Auth: Retry the JMAP session fetch when a redirect drops the auth header (#892)
Auth: Drop max_age=0 from OIDC re-authentication requests (#938)
Auth: Require a session for the translate API (#903)
Mobile: Keep the actions panel below the status bar and pad attachment preview overlays for the iOS PWA safe area (#936)
Mobile: Render plain-text-only mail as text in the thread view (#489)
Mobile: Stop the More menu flashing open when a message is opened
Mobile: Dismiss the search panel once a search runs, open the folder drawer from the right in RTL (#944, thanks @shukiv), and keep the account switcher header on screen
PWA: Focus the client before navigating on notification click (#914, thanks @bitfactory-dk)
Push: Resolve push previews for shared and group mailboxes (#839)
Plugins: Allow sandbox chunk loading with CORS (#922, thanks @mulatta)
Plugins: Fail fast when the plugin storage database is blocked (#840)
Plugins: Refill missing managed bundles from the server (#636)
Plugins: Translations for plugins installed from the marketplace (#939, thanks @paulhenry46)
Settings: Index newer settings and the flat calendar toggles in the settings search
Settings: Invalidate the persisted update status after an upgrade
UI: Readable native <select> option lists in dark themes (#999)
i18n: German update (#1031, thanks @GyroGearl00se), "Forward as attachment" in more languages (#1016, thanks @dulinux), toolbar keys for nb and zh-TW (thanks @ibayue), and managed sidebar-app keys for zh-TW
i18n: Preserve locale cookie precedence and normalize Chinese proxy locale detection (thanks @kchuang1015); keep basePath when normalizing a Chinese Accept-Language
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Changes from 2.8.1 to 2.8.2:
Updates:
Updated LAV Filters to version 0.83-5-gd65a9
Updated MPC Video Renderer to version 0.10.8.2587
Changes/additions:
Added ReplayGain support. Options can be found in audio switcher.
Improvements for exclusive mode seekbar when using MPCVR.
Improvements for opening a selection of files from Explorer. Now supports DropTarget interface.
Playback rate can now be shown in statusbar for audio files.
Keyboard shortcuts can now be edited without a mouse. Press Space or Enter to start editing a selected command. Press Enter or Tab to apply a pressed key combination. Enter/Tab can only be set as hotkey when combined with Alt/Ctrl/Shift.
Improvements for ATSC/DVB channel scanning.
Fixes:
Lots of small fixes and improvements.
Full changelog
Full list of all changes since start of this project.
OpenSubtitles download error 406
Subtitle downloads from OpenSubtitles may fail depending on time of day. This is due to our daily download quota being exceeded. Current amount of donations is barely enough to pay for the existing quota. So it is unlikely that quota can be increased and situation will get worse over time.
If you create an OpenSubtitles account and configure it in MPC-HC settings then you may be able to bypass the quota.
Options > Subtitles > Misc > Right-click on OpenSubtitles.com > Setup > Fill in username/password
Overview of features
A lot of people seem to be unaware of some of the awesome features that have been added to MPC-HC in the past years. Here is a list of useful options and features that everyone should know about:
Play HDR video
This requires using either MPC Video Renderer (MPCVR) or madVR.
These renderers can be selected here:
Options > Playback > Output
With other video renderers, the colors will be wrong!
MPCVR is included and is the recommended and default renderer for modern systems. MadVR needs to be installed separately. MPCVR also supports Dolby Vision. MadVR does not.
For optimal performance you should change the hardware decoder to D3D11 in LAV Video Decoder settings when using MPCVR on Windows 10/11, because this renderer uses DirectX11.
The installer of MPC-HC is very basic (and that will not change).
I therefore recommend using K-Lite Codec Pack. That includes MPC-HC and other essential components. It has a very advanced installation that can automatically create file associations, and helps you with easy configuration of important MPC-HC settings, such as preferred subtitle language(s). It also does automatic configuration of renderer and hardware decoding, for best performance and HDR support.
The Standard version should be sufficient for most people. Use Full version of you like to use MadVR.
Modern GUI Theme (Dark or Light) or the old classic theme
Options > Player > User Interface
It is also possible to change the height of the seekbar and size of the toolbar buttons.
Plus there are options to show audio/video details in the statusbar, such as codec and resolution.
Customizable toolbar buttons
You can add/remove/re-order the player buttons.
There are also several different toolbar designs to choose from.
Video preview on the seekbar
Options > Player > User Interface > Hover type
Ability to search for subtitles
Press D for manual search.
Or enable automatic search in: Options > Subtitles > Misc
Adjust playback speed
Menu > Play > Playback rate
The buttons in the player that control playback rate take a 2x step by default. This can be customized to smaller values (like 10%):
Options > Playback > Speed step
If you have 1000 IQ you can even do smart stuff like setting playback rate change to mouse right-click + scrollwheel:
Options > Player > Mouse
Adjusting playback speed works best with MPC Audio Renderer or SaneAR. These audio renderers have automatic pitch correction, while DirectSound does not.
Options > Playback > Output > Audio Renderer
MPC-HC can remember recently played files and also their playback position, so you can resume playback from when you left
Options > Player > History
You can quickly seek through a video with Ctrl + Mouse Scrollwheel.
You can jump to next/previous file in a folder by pressing PageUp/PageDown.
You can right-click on the framestep button to step backwards. Some other buttons also have right-click actions, such as closing file by right-clicking stop.
You can perform automatic actions at end of file. For example to go to next file or close player.
Options > Playback > After Playback (permanent setting)
Menu > Play > After Playback (for current file only)
A-B repeat
You can loop a segment of a video. Press [ and ] to set start and stop markers.
You can rotate/flip/mirror/stretch/zoom the video
Menu > View > Pan&Scan
This is also easily done with hotkeys (see below).
There are lots of keyboard hotkeys and mouse actions to control the player. They can be customized as well.
Options > Player > Keys
Tip: there is a search box above the table.
You can hide GUI elements even in windowed mode
Options > User Interface > Hide Windowed Controls
That hides most GUI elements during playback. To show them simply move your mouse to bottom of window.
You can even hide everything except the video by pressing 1 (restore normal view with 3).
You can seek inside the playlist by simply typing text (when playlist window has the mouse focus).
MPC-HC also supports Blu-ray playback.
Only limitation is that you need to use a decrypting tool.
And it also does not support Blu-ray menus, but you can use the navigate menu in the player to select the content to play.
You can stream videos directly from Youtube and many other video websites
Put yt-dlp.exe in the MPC-HC installation folder.
Then you can open website URLs in the player: Menu > File > Open File/URL
You can even download those videos: Menu > File > Save a copy
Tip: to be able to download in best quality with yt-dlp, it is recommended to also put ffmpeg.exe in the MPC-HC folder.
Several YDL configuration options are found here: Options > Advanced
This includes an option to specify the location of yt-dlp.exe in case you don't want to put it in MPC-HC folder.
Note 1: You also need to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
Note 2: For optimal Youtube support you may also need to put deno.exe in same folder as yt-dlp.
Note 3: yt-dlp nightly build (very latest version made daily)
Note 4: yt-dlp windows7 compatible build
Besides all these (new) features, there have also been many bugfixes and internal improvements in the player in the past years that give better performance and stability. It also has updated internal codecs. Support was added for CUE sheets, WebVTT subtitles, etc.
You should really take a few minutes to look through all the options pages if you are a new user or if you are upgrading from a very old version. Don't forget the advanced options page.
The DevTools team has made it possible to inspect and edit stylesheets from within the JavaScript Debugger pane.
The feature can also be enabled from the experimental section in the devtools settings panel, or by setting devtools.debugger.features.stylesheets-in-debugger to true in about:config.
Restyled the Extensions panel empty states to match the Figma specs, including a new illustration for the disabled add-ons and private browsing states β Bug 2058450
Fixed a jiggle effect when scrolling through theme previews in about:addons β Bug 2059917
Added spacing between message bars and their sibling elements in the about:addons page (empty state promo, theme appearance mode control) β Bug 2066436
Set focus on the extension permissions prompt dialog so keyboard users can reach it β Bug 2059855
Removed activeAddons/activeTheme/activeGMPlugins from the legacy telemetry environment, now collected only through Glean β Bug 2055613
DevTools
Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe] fixed an issue in the inspector to stop showing the HTML editor for nodes (e.g text or whitespace nodes) which should not be editable when F2 is pressed. (#2064213)
Sebastian Zartner [:sebo] updated the documentation for the Rules view to include details around theΒ @media emulation panel added some weeks back. (#2063851)
Chris Van Linden fixed an styling issue in debugger editor file search bar where the button hover background overlapped the focus outline (#2063466)
Nicolas Chevobbe [:nchevobbe]Β fixed an a11y issue where the keyboard focused sliders in the fonts panel did not have the correct contrast against the background. This allows keyboard users to easily see which control currently has focus. (#2062576)
There is no automation for the core type updates yet.
However, several areas have been working on support, hence the promotion to tier 2.
Until we get the automation in place, we will not be ready for wider roll-out, as it will be more likely that core patches will break the TypeScript reporting.
New Tab Page
Developer experience improvement: itβs no longer necessary to create the WebPack bundles when updating New Tab JSX / SCSS files. This occurs automatically during the ./mach build [faster] step. Thanks to Nathan Barrett for his work there!
Mike Kaply made it so that New Tab Settings honor Locked Preferences in policy by making the New Tab settings UI read and respect policy-locked preferences and disabling corresponding controls so managed/enterprise users cannot override locked prefs from the settings surface.
Nina Pypchenko [:nina-py] added a small size to the Stocks New Tab widget, introducing a compact 1Γ1 Stocks tile in the Firefox New Tab Page layout so users on narrow windows or dense NTP configurations can keep Stocks visible without consuming medium/large slots.
Nina Pypchenko [:nina-py] added ticker search to find and add individual stocks, adding a search/lookup UI and add flow that calls the ticker lookup API and updates widget state/local storage so users can search, add, and immediately see new symbols on their New Tab Page.
Bryan Olsson added a plural selector to the Fluent string newtab-stocks-watchlist-full in the New Tab Page localization so the Stocks widget shows correct singular/plural wording for watchlist sizes across locales, fixing grammar that could confuse users when their watchlist count changes and touching the NTP stocks string bundle used by all localized builds.
Weβve also started rolling out an experimental Privacy widget
Reem Hamoui changed the Privacy widget copy color to grey in the New Tab Page so the βNightly blocks trackers as you browse. You will see them here.β text displays with correct muted contrast (2063205).
Reem Hamoui restored the ETP OFF state rendering in the New Tab Page privacy widget so the widget shows the actual ETP OFF status instead of misleading βblocks trackersβ copy for users who disable ETP (2063525).
Reem Hamoui applied UX fixes to the New Tab Page privacy widget to correct alignment, labels, and click-targets so users see and interact with the widget reliably and accessibility attributes behave as expected.
Weβve also started tinkering with some new layout variants
Hereβs one such layout (widget column on left):
Irene Ni updated SectionsLayoutFeedβs 7-double-row-2-ad fallback to match Remote Settings so feed layout and ad fallback counts align with remote config, reducing layout mismatches and incorrect ad placements in feeds using the fallback (2063684).
Irene Ni implemented a carousel card type for the New Tab feed, adding slide-based card rendering and navigation hooks so users get swipeable/rotating cards in the carousel component.
Dre cleaned up orphaned wallpapers in the wallpaper service to remove broken entries and reduce wasted storage so users no longer see missing background tiles.
Nina Pypchenko [:nina-py] fixed wallpaper attribution rendering in the Nova New Tab flow by adjusting the Nova-specific NTP componentβs conditional rendering (CSS/JS) so the attribution node is not skipped when the nova feature is enabled, restoring photographer/credit metadata on New Tab pages for users on Nova-enabled desktop builds and preventing missing attribution UX.
Weβre in early days in building out the infrastructure for a Recent Searches widget
Nina Pypchenko [:nina-py] added a blank widget scaffold to the New Tab Page widget registry for the Search team (bug 2065011), creating a no-op/placeholder widget registration hook so the Search team can iterate on experiments without changing current NTP visuals β no immediate visible impact for end-users until the widget is populated.
Drew fixed alignment of the explanation text on various result types. Bug 2063460
Drew enabled more providers (like Wikipedia) for DE, FR, IT regions. Bug 2064557
Drew updated important dates suggestions for 2027 in DE, FR, GB, IT and US regions. Bug 2064437
Dao fixed a regression with the result menu being empty on certain results. Bug 2066758
Adaptive autofill
James is analyzing results of experiments and working with Product to let the feature ride to Release in the near future.
Quick actions
Dale improved the Open Firefox Labs action. Bug 2063849
Dale improved styling of disabled actions. Bug 2056488
Multi Context Address Bar
Dao and Moritz made great progress with having the urlbar code work in different contexts, including across processes.
Dao migrated some text input context menus (address bar, search bar, Thunderbird compose subject) onto a single shared menu with a new custom-item API, allowing removal of the legacy moz-input-box component.See EditContextMenu for documentation and usage. Bug 2064369.
Dharma started refactoring the urlbar code to use extended classes. Bug 2064728
New tab search bar has been enabled in Nightly! Bug 2062212
We are excited that the 1.61 update for Euro Truck Simulator 2 is now officially released and available on Steam! We hope you will enjoy all the new features, which you can read about in more detail below.
We would like to thank everyone who took part in the open beta phase and reported possible issues or any kind of feedback on our forum, as it helped us fine-tune everything for a smooth transition to the full update!
We'd also like to thank everyone who participated in the 1.61 Experimental Beta, especially those who shared their thoughts on the Multi-Function Display (MFD) and the In-Game Menu. These additions will be introduced in a future update, giving us more time to refine and polish these features and ensure they deliver the best possible experience when they are ready.
Now without further ado, let's take a look at what this update includes!
Proximity Exploration
In the 1.61 update, we are introducing a new feature designed to assist players with exploring the world map and discovering more along their journey. Introducing Proximity Exploration, a new quality-of-life feature that makes map discovery a little more intuitive, while still keeping the enjoyment of exploring the world for yourself.
When enabled, Proximity Exploration automatically reveals a small area around your vehicle as you travel. This means you will no longer need to drive over every tiny section of road to mark it as explored, which should be especially useful for those of you chasing that elusive 100% map discovery! It can also help reveal nearby accessible roads and areas around locations such as rest stops, toll gates, border crossings, gas stations, and other places where multiple road segments may sit closely together.
And don't worry, secret roads will still have secrets to uncover! Proximity Exploration can reveal the first segment of a secret road when you get close enough, giving you a small hint that there might be somewhere new to explore. From there, however, the rest is up to you, as the remaining route will only be discovered by actually driving along it.
Whether you use Proximity Exploration to help hunt down those final percentages or simply make exploring the map a little smoother, the choice is yours! Volvo Special Edition
We are very excited to join Volvo Trucks in the celebrations of their 100th anniversary by welcoming the Volvo FH Series 6 100 Year Edition to Euro Truck Simulator 2.Β
The Volvo FH Series 6 100 Year Edition will bring a new look for both the interior and exterior, reflecting Volvo's century of innovation with driver-centric features. These additions will be reflected in the base game of ETS2 with new accessories and paint jobs available for the Aero XL cabin of the Volvo FH Series 6.
On the exterior, this update introduces two new paint jobs: 100 Year Edition β Night and 100 Year Edition β Day. The two designs feature distinctive dark or light exterior colour striping, complemented by two additional Centennial logos on either side of the truck. You will also be able to choose from two different light boxes: one with the 100 Year logo and another one with the FH16 logo.
We are also adding a brand new interior option featuring black leather door panels with unique stitching, carpets, a rear wall decoration featuring the 100 Year Edition logo, and a decorative dashboard ambient LED lighting available in red or blue colour options.
To complete the interior, you will also have the option to customize it with a range of exclusive accessories. These include a black leather steering wheel and new two-tone seats combining a black leather base with a grey textile upper section and the 100 Year logo.
You can read more about this special edition at our dedicated blogpost! Improved Material System
The Improved Material System significantly improves the lighting and visual quality of vehicle interiors in selected trucks. Its main focus is to enhance how interior materials react to light, which results in a more readable, detailed, and visually pleasing cabin environment.
One of the most significant changes was a redesign of the materials used in vehicle interiors. As a result, it makes differences between materials such as leather, fabric, plastic, and metal far more apparent, even in low-light conditions. The new solution uses multiple variants of dynamic cubemaps, allowing all materials to reflect their surroundings more naturally and respond to ambient light in a more realistic way.
The entire system was designed from the start with the interiors of trucks in both games in mind, so the base games and their existing fleets will gradually benefit from these improvements as well. In this update, we're excited to bring the Improved Material System update to the Volvo FH Series 6, Volvo FH Series 5 and Volvo FH Series 4 alongside the already updated DAF NGD and MAN TG3 TGX models.
With future updates, we will gradually add this technology for other trucks across both games. You can read more about this feature here.
Livestock Trailer Rework
Weβre excited to introduce a complete rework of the Livestock Trailer, which our vehicle team has done so from the ground up.
Inspired by modern European livestock trailers, our vehicle team rebuilt the trailer entirely from scratch, replacing the previous older model with a brand-new one. One of the biggest changes drivers will notice is the removal of the older belly axle variant, which has been replaced with a lowered chassis configuration featuring dual wheels.
For those who own their own Livestock trailers, the updated trailer will offer multiple customization options, including two chassis variants, a Straight 3 Axle and a Lowered 3 Axle configuration. Drivers will also be able to choose between an Aluminium body or a fully paintable body.
A wide range of accessories have also been included to customize your trailer. Weβre also introducing newly configurable paint jobs for owned trailers, allowing you to customize up to four different colour sections across specific parts of the trailer for even greater customization. Freight Market and AI traffic variants have also been reworked based on the new owned trailer model, with company paint jobs completely reworked to better reflect more realistic transport operations.
Weβre excited to begin updating theΒ SchwarzmΓΌller Trailer Pack DLC to better reflect their new modern trailer designs, starting with a complete rework of one of its low loader trailers and accessories. Letβs take a closer look!
Leading this update is the redesigned low loader trailer, which has been rebuilt to closely match SchwarzmΓΌllerβs latest real-world model.
Alongside the trailer itself, its available accessories have also been updated with refreshed designs to better represent the equipment and styling SchwarzmΓΌller offers today. While the available cargo options remain the same, this update marks the beginning of a larger goal for us, to rework the entire SchwarzmΓΌller Trailer Pack.
We look forward to seeing you on the road with this newly updated trailer! You can read more about this update at our dedicated blog.
Map Changes for Coaches With the upcoming Coaches DLC, our map and asset teams have also been making a number of changes across Euro Truck Simulator 2 to prepare the world for passenger transport. The biggest of these can be found in Nuremberg, where we have added a brand-new bus station alongside several remade and newly created landmarks in the surrounding area. Our teams have put a lot of work into bringing this part of the city to life and making sure it is ready to welcome coaches.
We have also updated the bus stations in Karlstad, Aarhus, and Thessaloniki so they are now functional with our upcoming Coaches DLC. We've also made other smaller changes, including updates to navigation, access, and layouts.Β
The coach station at Karlstad has received a brand-new station building, while Thessaloniki now features new signage and other updates. In Heraklion, we have also opened up a previously inaccessible street to make room for the new bus station.
Weβve also made a number of changes to border crossings to ensure they work correctly with coaches. This included introducing vehicle-specific navigation, as well as opening up parts of border areas that were previously inaccessible to players. Border crossings across the map have also received smaller layout adjustments to help coaches follow the correct routes while keeping navigation working as expected.
Alongside these changes, we have made plenty of smaller tweaks to bus stops and their surroundings across the map. While many of these may go unnoticed, they all help make sure the existing world is ready for the arrival of Coaches.
Changelog
Map
Proximity ExplorationΒ
Map changes for the upcoming Coaches DLCΒ
Vehicles
Addition of the Volvo FH Series 6 100 Year Edition
Livestock Trailer ReworkΒ
SchwarzmΓΌller Trailer Pack UpdateΒ
Visual
Improved Material System added for the Volvo FH Series 6, Volvo FH Series 5 and Volvo FH Series 4
Fixed payment errors from non-Zed model providers incorrectly prompting users to upgrade to Zed Pro instead of displaying the original provider error message. (#64354)
Fixed different snippet extensions for the same language cancel each other (#64314)
The Stable channel has been updated to 154.0.8037.44/.45 for Windows. as part of our early stable release to a small percentage of users. A full list of changes in this build is available in thelog.
You can find more details about early Stable releases here.
Interested in switching release channels? Β Find out how here. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.
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