Today’s snapshot is the first release candidate for Vivaldi Mobile 8.0 release on Android.

Changelog

• [Regression][Toolbar] Blocker icon overlaps page title and link after minimizing the in-app browser view (VAB-12896)
• [Search engine] Search engine suggestions disappear sometimes (VAB-12890)
• [Crash] Play Store Crashes (VAB-12920), (VAB-12919), (VAB-12913), (VAB-12921)
• Updated to Chromium 148.0.7778.183

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>More than thirteen years in, and I am still as excited about building this browser as I was on day one. Maybe more.
That excitement comes from a genuine belief that the people who use Vivaldi deserve a browser that takes them seriously. We respect your time, your privacy, your preferences, your intelligence. Every release we ship is another expression of that belief.

>— Jon von Tetzchner,
Vivaldi's CEO and Co-founder

Vivaldi 8.0 is the biggest expression of that idea we have shipped in years. A new design direction that makes the browser feel more alive and more unified than any version before it.

In other words: there is more control, more capability, more choice. And a brand new look.

A new look for a new era

With 8.0, Vivaldi has a new look. We call it “Unified”.

We have approached the Vivaldi interface less as a collection of components, and more as a layered system. Previously, those layers (tabs, toolbars, panels and content) have had subtle separations. This was useful, but also a bit fragmented. With Unified, those boundaries are removed.

Vivaldi Theme

Soria Moria Theme

Sunset Forest Theme

Zen Theme

All toolbars now live on a single, continuous surface: a Unified frame that wraps the entire browser. Instead of stacked regions, everything is composed within the same visual plane. That shift makes the interface feel more cohesive and easier to read. Alignment becomes more precise, spacing more intentional, and interaction more direct, because elements no longer sit in isolated layers.

When you pick a theme, it flows through everything. A dark theme is dark, all the way through. A warm theme carries that warmth into every corner. All elements of the browser belong together in a way that immediately feels… well … Unified.

It also changes how themes work.

With a single surface, your theme can flow across the entire window. Backgrounds are no longer confined; they can extend from the tab bar through panels and edges without interruption. Wallpapers feel less like decoration and more like part of the environment, especially when combined with translucency and blur. From a system perspective, this reduces complexity. Fewer layers, fewer exceptions and a more consistent foundation to build on. 

This isn’t about making the browser look simpler. It’s about making the structure behind it more coherent. This makes everything you see feel like part of the same system.

You can see the new UI’s possibilities with our new default themes, such as Zen, Soria Moria, Sunset Forest and Kawaii Clouds, and our updated light and dark themes.  If you can’t find something that hits the right spot for default, there are more than 7000 to choose from at themes.vivaldi.net. And if you have built a custom theme you love, you’re free to decide if you want the new look, or keep your own (Settings →Themes → Editor → Coloring mode). Of course; this is Vivaldi.

Start exactly where you need to be

One of the things that makes Vivaldi special is also one of the things that can feel like a lot on day one: the sheer range of settings you can configure. If you have been using Vivaldi for years, you have your setup exactly as you want it and you would not trade it for anything. If you are brand new, figuring out where to start can be a real question.

Vivaldi 8.0 answers it with six preset layouts, available right from onboarding (and from Settings → Appearance → Layout whenever you feel like a change). Each one is a thoughtfully curated starting point.

Choose a UI layout that fits your style

• Simple gives you a clean, focused experience: tabs on top, nothing in the way, everything ready to go. It is Vivaldi in its purest form and it is already more capable than anything the mainstream browsers will offer.

Simple

• Classic is the Vivaldi you know and love. Toolbar, panels, all the controls in their natural places, now wearing the new Unified look. This is home for a lot of you, and it is as good as it has ever been:

Classic

• Vertical Left puts your tabs down the left side of the screen. Once you try this on a wide monitor, it tends to become permanent. It uses your horizontal screen space in ways that a top tab bar simply cannot. With Panels available on hover from the right side of your screen it changes how browsing feels

Vertical Left

• Vertical Right is the same experience, mirrored. Some people prefer to have their tabs on the right. Vivaldi has always been happy to accommodate whatever you want.

Vertical Right

• Auto Hide is built for users who want the web to fill their entire screen. Your toolbar, tab bar, panel, and address bar step aside while you read, watch, or work, and reappear the moment your cursor reaches for any edge of the screen. It is edge to edge content with full Vivaldi capability sitting right behind it, and it is a way of experiencing the web that the other browsers have not figured out.

Auto-hide

• Bottom moves your tab bar and address bar to the bottom of the screen. Your eye travels down naturally as you read, and your navigation is already there waiting. More people work this way than you might expect, and Vivaldi has always been happy to accommodate them.

Bottom

Each of these layouts is a launchpad, not a limit. With all the powerful features and tools in Vivaldi, you have everything you need to make the web work exactly the way you want it to.

Vivaldi has a tab management system unlike any other browser. Tile as many pages as you want, just how you want. Use Follower Tab to explore links from an article without ever losing your place in it. Stack your tabs into named, colour-coded groups. Use the Tab Button to search everything at once: open tabs, synced tabs from your other devices, recently closed tabs. Your mail, your calendar, your notes, your reading list: all of it lives inside Vivaldi, organised on your terms, always within reach.

Vivaldi is truly the browser that adapts to you. We’ve proven this with every release. We even go as far as getting completely out of your way. With UI Auto-hide, even the interface itself knows when to let the content take centre stage. Vivaldi bends to how you work. It always has and always will. 

This is Vivaldi. It always has been.

We do not answer to investors telling us which features to build. We do not track your behaviour or treat your data as inventory. Other browsers are adding AI to decide what you see. Vivaldi adds tools that give you more power when deciding for yourself. That has always been the difference. We build Vivaldi because we believe you deserve a better browser.

Download it today. Take your time with it. Come find us in the Forum if there is anything, we read everything.

Download Vivaldi 8.0 now.

As always, thank you for being part of the Vivaldi community. Together, we’re fighting for a better web, one release at a time.

Changelog

Check the changelog with the full list of changes from Vivaldi 7.9 to 8.0 and read more on our blog.

Today’s snapshot is the fourth release candidate for 8.0 for desktop and notebooks.

Release candidate feedback

To help us get 8.0 out the door as soon as possible, please focus your feedback on serious regressions since 7.9 stable. If you want to ask about new (post 8.0) features or longstanding issues, please do so on our forums.

There are also pre-release links to equivalent builds for the stable channel. These are for those of you who wish to upgrade early, having first tested in snapshot configuration. Since this is an RC and not yet a release, we also recommend you backup your settings before upgrading. Autoupdate to these (or newer) stable builds will not be enabled until further testing is completed and the final is released.

Known Issues

• When installed before the official 8.0 release date, build 4033.26 will show the wrong “What’s New” page on first launch.

Changelog

• [Chromium] Update to 148.0.7778.183
• [Mail] Remove dialog for warning about minor discrepancies in search db (VB-127959)
• [Themes] After first install the ‘Accent Colour’ settings do not reflect the actual state (VB-127961)

Today’s snapshot is the third release candidate for 8.0 for desktop and notebooks.

Release candidate feedback

To help us get 8.0 out the door as soon as possible, please focus your feedback on serious regressions since 7.9 stable. If you want to ask about new (post 8.0) features or longstanding issues, please do so on our forums.

There are also pre-release links to equivalent builds for the stable channel. These are for those of you who wish to upgrade early, having first tested in snapshot configuration. Since this is an RC and not yet a release, we also recommend you backup your settings before upgrading. Autoupdate to these (or newer) stable builds will not be enabled until further testing is completed and the final is released.

Known Issues

• When installed before the official 8.0 release date, build 4033.22 will show the wrong “What’s New” page on first launch.

Changelog

• [PDF] Disable PDF viewer’s “Save to Google Drive” icon (VB-127868)
• [Themes][Tabs] Hovered tabs less opaque with transparent background tabs (VB-127856)
• [Performance] Removing CSS filter from webview when unused (VB-127823)
• [Settings] Open Settings window view doesn’t update to a specific section (VB-127854)
• [Crash][Linux][x11] During window resize/bounds change (VB-127324)
• [Panels] Reset toolbar should also clean up removed web panels (VB-127218)
• [Panels] Reset Toolbar to Default restores broken Web Panels (VB-127795)
• [Onboarding] Welcome pages lack cleared background (VB-127858)
• [Onboarding] Account tooltip missing (VB-127610)
• [Themes] Apply transparency to panel toggle (VB-127818)
• [Panel Editor] Extensions and web panels duplicates and corrupts rendering (VB-127078)

We addressed the image-sharing issue with the other app in this snapshot.

Changelog

• [Share] When image URLs are shared with Vivaldi the share extension offers to search for the image (VIB-1880)

This Snapshot includes a few fixes and improvements for Bookmarks.

Changelog

• [Bookmarks] Display Speed Dial groups icon in the Bookmarks Panel (VAB-12876)
• [Tablet][Bookmark] New bookmark folder dialog is too large (VAB-12691)
• [Crash] Crash when dragging bookmark folder (VAB-12873)

Today’s snapshot is the second release candidate for 8.0 for desktop and notebooks.

Release candidate feedback

To help us get 8.0 out the door as soon as possible, please focus your feedback on serious regressions since 7.9 stable. If you want to ask about new (post 8.0) features or longstanding issues, please do so on our forums.

There are also pre-release links to equivalent builds for the stable channel. These are for those of you who wish to upgrade early, having first tested in snapshot configuration. Since this is an RC and not yet a release, we also recommend you backup your settings before upgrading. Autoupdate to these (or newer) stable builds will not be enabled until further testing is completed and the final is released.

Known Issues

• When installed before the official 8.0 release date, build 4033.16 will show the wrong “What’s New” page on first launch.

Changelog

• [PDF] Disable PDF viewer’s “Save to Google Drive” icon (VB-127868)
• [Themes][Tabs] Hovered tabs less opaque with transparent background tabs (VB-127856)
• [Performance] Removing CSS filter from webview when unused (VB-127823)
• [Settings] Open Settings window view doesn’t update to a specific section (VB-127854)
• [Crash][Linux][x11] During window resize/bounds change (VB-127324)
• [Panels] Reset toolbar should also clean up removed web panels (VB-127218)
• [Panels] Reset Toolbar to Default restores broken Web Panels (VB-127795)
• [Onboarding] Welcome pages lack cleared background (VB-127858)
• [Onboarding] Account tooltip missing (VB-127610)
• [Themes] Apply transparency to panel toggle (VB-127818)
• [Panel Editor] Extensions and web panels duplicates and corrupts rendering (VB-127078)

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Podcast sources

• Amazon Music
• Audible
• Podcast Addict
• RSS Feed
• Spotify
• YouTube
• YouTube Music

This update includes backported security fixes from Chromium 148.

The following improvements were made since the ninth 7.9 minor update:

• [Chromium] Includes a selection of security fixes backported from 148.0.7778.167/168

Today’s snapshot is the first release candidate for 8.0 for desktops and notebooks.

Release candidate feedback

To help us get 8.0 out the door as soon as possible, please focus your feedback on serious regressions since 7.9 stable. If you want to ask about new (post 8.0) features or longstanding issues, please do so on our forums.

There are also pre-release links to equivalent builds for the stable channel. These are for those of you who wish to upgrade early, having first tested in snapshot configuration. Since this is an RC and not yet a release, we also recommend you backup your settings before upgrading. Autoupdate to these (or newer) stable builds will not be enabled until further testing is completed and the final is released.

Known Issues

• When installed before the official 8.0 release date, build 4033.14 will show the wrong “What’s New” page on first launch.

Changelog

• [Chromium] Update to 146.0.7680.153
• [AutoHide] Info box appears on page-initiated full screen when autohide for full screen is enabled in settings (VB-125914)
• [AutoHide] URL field in tab bar on the side closes when typing (VB-125990)
• [Mail] Missing Vivaldi icon in compose window (VB-125406)

This update includes a Chromium bump with security fixes.

The following is a list of changes since the sixth 7.9 minor update:

• Backported upstream Security Patches from Chromium 148

Today’s Snapshot comes with yet another round of bug fixes and improvements.

Changelog

• [Address Bar] UI Spoofing via Hidden Address Bar at bottom on Android (VAB-12859)
• [Blocker] Cannot remove exceptions (VAB-12888)
• [Blocker] Error when trying to create an exception for any domain (VAB-12879)
• [Bookmark dialogs] Broken insets on some dialogs (VAB-12852)
• [Tablet] UI details for Tablet, top toolbar (VAB-12615)
• [Tabs] Stacked tab is duplicated when reopening the browser (VAB-12773)
• [Toolbar] In-app browser toolbar unresponsive when at the bottom (VAB-12864)
• [Crash] Play Store crash (VAB-12889)
• [Regression] URL bar cleared (VAB-12855)
• [Regression] New tab does not show speed dials (VAB-12819)

In this snapshot we have a minor Chromium bump, a couple of crash fixes, and more work on themes and layouts.

Changelog

• [Address field] Progress indicator visually stuck with certain themes (VB-127707)
• [Chromium] Update to 148.0.7778.172
• [Crash] During User‑Agent String Update in Network Request Pipeline (VB-127616)
• [Crash] When deleting browsing data from Chrome settings page (VB-127704)
• [Layouts] Update Vertical Right layout (VB-127784)
• [Linux] Touch events not reaching web page (VB-127717)
• [Panel Editor] Add web panel input shows URL of extension page (VB-127715)
• [Settings] Tab Stacking Compact text misplaced (VB-127796)
• [Tabs] Horizontal tab scroll has stopped working correctly (VB-127523)
• [Themes] Limit background and mask layers (VB-127709)
• [Themes][Settings] Wrong preview images (VB-127783)
• [UI] Restart notification displays no text until moused over (VB-127721)
• [Web Panel] Panel zoom is broken (VB-127433)

We resolve the authentication issue reported by Dutch and Danish users, along with a few other fixes.

Changelog

• [Address bar] Frequently visited website’s favicon appears when focusing the address bar (VIB-1877)
• [Crash] App sometimes crashes on StartPage when tapping speed dial (VIB-1883)
• [Redirection] Vivaldi is missing connection with Dutch DigID (VIB-1766)

This update includes a fix for the authentication issue reported by many users and a minor update to Chromium.

The following is a list of changes since the first 7.9 minor update:

• [Authentication] BankID not working when on WiFi (VIB-1765)
• [Chromium] Upgraded to 146.0.7680.226

In this snapshot, we have a range of tab and theme fixes.

Known Issues

Those of you who had previously edited a default theme and upgraded through recent snapshots will encounter broken default themes (e.g. empty contents for “Zen” and “Soria Moria”). This will not affect anyone who did not upgrade though those snapshots, so will not affect stable users once we go final.

If you do encounter this issue you can either reset your profile or do the following workaround steps:

• Open vivaldi://inspect/#apps
• Click on “inspect” below “main.html”
• Select the “Console”
• Type: chrome.storage.local.set({ SETTINGS_MIGRATION_VERSION: 181 }) (and press “Enter”)
• Restart the browser

Changelog

• [Autohide] No padding between open panel and webview while auto-hide is enabled (VB-127687)
• [Layouts] Settings update (VB-124366)
• [Onboarding] Add new illustration icons for Account step of Onboarding (VB-127595)
• [Panel Editor] Feature panels not added if enabled after customizing the panel once (VB-127073)
• [Panels][User Agent] Cannot use a mobile user agent (VB-127657)
• [Performance] Hardware rendering pipeline fails when webview is masked (VB-127709)
• [Start page] Cannot paste a copied text into sticky note when “Show Search Field” is unchecked (VB-127387)
• [Tabs] Missing gap on top of tab bar, with two level stack (VB-127705)
• [Tabs] New Tab button overlaps rightmost tab after closing any tab (VB-127708)
• [Tabs] Remove “ears” from tabs in maximized with Unified themes: follow up fix (VB-127602)
• [Tabs] When vertical tabs enabled, make New Tab clickable area bigger (VB-127654)
• [Themes] Colors on bottom bars break with high transparency and auto-hide (VB-127686)
• [Themes] Hidden Extensions menu corner rounding and button color issues (VB-127689)
• [Themes] Prevent initial render of wrong accent color (VB-127614)
• [Windows][Installer] vivaldi protocol association in Windows, causing popup on every launch (VB-127643)
• [Workspaces] Hibernated tabs get moved to main window after relaunch (VB-127571)

This update includes a minor upgrade to Chromium 146 (Extended Stable Release) with security fixes from Chromium 148.

The following improvements were made since the eighth 7.9 minor update:

• [Chromium] Update to 146.0.7680.226 ESR (includes a selection of security fixes backported from 148.0.7778.96/97)

This update includes a Chromium bump with security fixes.

The following is a list of changes since the fifth 7.9 minor update:

• [Chromium] Upgraded to 146.0.7680.226ESR (includes a selection of security fixes backported from 148.0.7778.96/97)

In this snapshot we’ve continue improving things as we get closer to final.

Known Issues

Those of you who had previously edited a default theme and upgraded through recent snapshots will encounter broken default themes (e.g. empty contents for “Zen” and “Soria Moria”). This will not affect anyone who did not upgrade though those snapshots, so will not affect stable users once we go final.

If you do encounter this issue you can either reset your profile or do the following workaround steps:

• Open vivaldi://inspect/#apps
• Click on “inspect” below “main.html”
• Select the “Console”
• Type chrome.storage.local.set({ SETTINGS_MIGRATION_VERSION: 181 }) and press “Enter”
• Restart the browser

Changelog

• [Layouts] Reset toolbar should reset to layout defaults (VB-127634)
• [macOS] Three-fingers-tap/force-click does not work inside quick commands (VB-51141)
• [Menus] Horizontal Menu has two menu-buttons (VB-127681)
• [Onboarding] Return focus after page transition (VB-127684)
• [Settings] Add explanation to Floating Panel when using Auto-hide UI: further tweaks (VB-127620)
• [Themes] Colors on bottom bars break with high transparency and auto-hide (VB-127686)
• [Themes] Do not need to add hints of accent color in the background of the Tab Button (VB-127651)
• [Themes] Update theme migration (VB-127228)