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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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Tabs fixes — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 4076.4

June 17, 2026

In this snapshot we have a few more tabs fixes.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Autohide, Theme and Panel fixes — Vivaldi Browser snapshot 4061.3

June 2, 2026

In this snapshot we continue with bug fixing.