If you are still running v26 or v25, you are leaving stability and creative options on the table. Let’s dive into the specific changelog items that will impact your daily workflow. 1. Native AV1 Hardware Encoding Support The biggest news in the latest vMix updated build is Native AV1 encoding for supported GPUs (NVIDIA RTX 40-series and Intel Arc). Historically, streamers relied on H.264 for compatibility or HEVC for quality. AV1 now bridges the gap, offering 40% better compression than H.264 at the same bitrate.
The development team at vMix Software rarely sleeps. Their quarterly update cycle consistently delivers features that used to require hardware costing tens of thousands of dollars. Recently, the company dropped a significant new release, and if you haven't checked your update manager lately, you are missing out. vmix updated
Pro Tip: In the latest version, go to Settings > Performance and toggle "AI Temporal Smoothing" to remove the flicker often seen in synthetic fabric greenscreens. Audio is 50% of video, yet it was often the neglected child of the vMix interface. That changes now. The audio mixer has been visually overhauled to support Floating Windows for multi-monitor setups. More importantly, vMix now supports VST3 plug-ins natively. If you are still running v26 or v25,