Desktop Snapshots
Desktop Snapshots are work-in-progress builds that are available for anyone to download and test. Try new desktop browser features and fixes before anyone else!
Vivaldi 8.1 RC 4 – Vivaldi Desktop Browser snapshot 4087.40/43
July 6, 2026
Release candidate feedback To help us get 8.1 out the door as soon as possible, please focus your feedback on serious regressions since 8.0 stable. If you want to ask about new (post 8.1) features or longstanding issues, please do so on our forums. There are also pre-release links to equivalent builds for the stable […]
Vivaldi 8.1 RC 3 – Vivaldi Desktop Browser snapshot 4087.36/39
July 3, 2026
Today’s snapshot is the third release candidate for 8.1 for desktop and notebooks.
Vivaldi 8.1 RC 2 – Vivaldi Desktop Browser snapshot 4087.32/35
July 2, 2026
Today’s snapshot is the second release candidate for 8.1 for desktop and notebooks.
Vivaldi 8.1 RC 1 – Vivaldi Desktop Browser snapshot 4087.30/31
June 30, 2026
Today’s snapshot is the first release candidate for 8.1 for desktop and notebooks.
Vivaldi 8.1 is almost here – Vivaldi Desktop Browser snapshot 4087.2/5
June 29, 2026
Today’s snapshot brings us very close to 8.1. Indeed it is likely that the snaphot after this will be labelled as a release candidate.
Autofill crash fix — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 4086.3
June 26, 2026
In this snapshot we had a quick fix for an autofill crash that a number of you hit.
Vivaldi 8.1 bumped to Chromium 150 — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 4085.3
June 25, 2026
In this snapshot we update Vivaldi to be based on Chromium 150. Look out for regressions!
A version spoofing test — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 4078.4
June 22, 2026
In this snapshot we test out a workaround for Vivaldi users being blocked due to our browser following the Chromium Extended Stable Release channel.
Tabs fixes — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 4076.4
June 17, 2026
In this snapshot we have a few more tabs fixes.
Tabs and Site Info — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 4070.3
June 11, 2026
In this snapshot we have a few more tabs fixes and a little Chromium bump.
More tab position fixes — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 4068.3
June 9, 2026
In this snapshot we have more tabs fixes and a handful of other things.
Tab position opening fixes — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 4063.3
June 4, 2026
In this snapshot we fix several issues with tabs opening in the wrong location, fix the linux apt update warning and a handful of other small details.