Desktop

Information about releases, updates and snapshots of the desktop Vivaldi browser

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Vivaldi 7.7 RC 3 – Vivaldi Desktop Browser snapshot 3851.44/46

November 12, 2025

Today’s snapshot is the third release candidate for 7.7 for desktop and notebooks. (P.S. The cool kids enable crash reporting! ⚰️)

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Vivaldi 7.7 RC 2 – Vivaldi Desktop Browser snapshot 3851.40/43

November 11, 2025

Today’s snapshot is the second release candidate for 7.7 for desktop and notebooks. (P.S. enable crash reporting! 💣)

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Vivaldi 7.7 RC 1 – Vivaldi Desktop Browser snapshot 3851.36/38

November 10, 2025

Today’s snapshot is the first release candidate for 7.7 for desktop and notebooks. Also please enable crash reporting! 💥🚗 📝

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Menus and Update Polish — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3851.30

November 7, 2025

In today’s snapshot, we squash crashes, tidy up menus, and fine-tune mail sorting and update handling.

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Sync, Start Page and Tab Tweaks — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3851.25

November 5, 2025

In today’s snapshot, we polish up sync and tab handling, refine update behavior across platforms, and quietly bump Chromium to a newer build of version 142.

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Address Field, Ad Blocker and Widget Fixes — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3851.3

October 31, 2025

In today’s snapshot, we resolve issues with address field behavior, fix a crash related to popunder blocking in the Ad Blocker, and fix several quirks with Start Page widgets and tab tiling.

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Session, Sync and Start Page Fixes — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3850.3

October 30, 2025

In today’s snapshot, we fix the guest session exit affecting the main profile, activate multi-opened synced tabs only once they are clicked, refine the Memory Saver settings layout, and prevent widget loss on Start Page upgrades.

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Ad Blocker Fixes — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3849.3

October 29, 2025

In today’s snapshot we patch the two ad blocker crashes intoduced last time, improve mail and settings behavior, and update to Chromium to 142.0.7444.90.

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Crash Fixes, Panel Sync and Blocker Logic — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3847.3

October 27, 2025

In today’s snapshot, we’ve tackled crashes, polished window panel sync, and further improved the ad blocker logic and done some settings cleanup.

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Mail, Panels and Fullscreen Video — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3845.3

October 23, 2025

In today’s snapshot, we have smoother folder switching in Mail, improved sync awareness in the Windows Panel, plus a fresh fix for fullscreen video on Linux with native windows.

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Chromium 142 and Mail Panels, Privacy, and Performance — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3843.3

October 21, 2025

In today’s snapshot, we jump to Chromium 142. We’ve also made tweaks to the About page’s update flow, refinements to the address field, mail panels, and privacy dashboard, and added a new performance section in settings.

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Start Page and About Page Tweaks — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 3836.3

October 16, 2025

In today’s snapshot update, we’ve further polished the About page, resolved quirks in bookmarks and break mode, improved widget behavior on the Start Page, and addressed media playback issues on Linux, plus a handful of visual and usability tweaks across the board.