Blender 4.0 is currently in RC. Phase Bcon4 until November 14, 2023. See schedule.

Under development in blender-v4.0-release.

3D Viewport

Node Editor

Keymap

Compatibility

Blend Files

• The mesh format changes from previous versions are now included in the Blender file format.
  • Blender 3.6 LTS can read files saved with 4.0, but earlier versions cannot.
  • Blender 3.6 LTS will save meshes in a format compatible with older versions of Blender, so it can be used as conversion tool if needed.
  • See the section in the Python API section for more details.
• The new blendfile compatibility policy (#109151) has been implemented (see PR #110109).
• Unused linked data is not kept anymore when saving and re-opening .blend files. See the core page for details.

Graphics Cards

• The minimum required OpenGL version has been increased to 4.3 for Linux and Windows. (3478093183)
• On macOS only Metal is supported now, and the OpenGL backend has been removed. A GPU with Metal 2.2 support is required. Intel Macs without an AMD GPU require a Skylake processor or higher. (cdb8