Unity Engine

We want to share where our focus is when it comes to Unity’s render pipelines. This is a topic we know is on a lot of your minds, and one we discussed extensively with many of you, including at Unite Barcelona. We’ve hea…

Hi everyone, We’re back with another round of XR updates! Since our last check-in, we’ve officially released Unity 6.3, which brings a host of performance improvements, new features, and quality-of-life updates for XR d…

Overview Unity 6.5 will feature an update to its Android build tooling, moving to Gradle 9.1.0 (from 8.13) and to Android Gradle Plugin (AGP) 9.0.0 (from 8.10.0). While we aim to keep build dependencies as stable as pos…

Hello folks, We are excited to bring support for future 16 KB compatible devices to the Unity Engine! With Android 15, Google introduced support for 16 KB memory page sizes in the OS. It is expected that device manufac…

Hello everyone, The GPU Resident Drawer is a graphics feature designed to reduce CPU overhead by keeping rendering data persistently on the GPU. This technique is incredibly powerful for rendering massive numbers of obj…

Hello Apple developers, Apple now requires applications for iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, and visionOS to adopt the UIKit scene-based life cycle. According to Apple: “In the next major release following iOS 26, UIScene lifecycle w…

VFX Grass with VFXGraph | Unity Livestream A new livestream about VFX Grass in VFX Graph was just released by Unity. The goal of this series is to attempt to create something more than once under varying time constrai…

We’re excited to announce that Behavior 1.0.15 is now available! This release delivers the long-awaited ObserverAbort support, a set of quality-of-life improvements for faster iteration and debugging, and important fixe…

:package: Netcode for Entities 1.12.0 is now live! :package: This release has major changes in the Network Profiler in addition to a few bug fixes. Key Updates in This Release Network Profiler Tool now official! The in…

The latest release of Unity’s official support for visionOS 26 is now available for all Unity Pro, Enterprise and Industry subscribers on Unity 6.3 via the 3.0 packages. Highlights for Release 3.0 This release includes…

Hello everyone, First, thank you to each of you who has spent time testing our AI features. We truly appreciate the effort and feedback you’ve shared, and we hope the initial beta has delivered value since its release l…

We’re excited to announce the release of Unity Accelerator v1.5.99, a version we’ve been working hard on over the past few months, featuring multiple bug fixes and installation improvements. Release Highlights: Signif…

Get ready for performance as Netcode for GameObjects v2.8.0 is now available! This release brings performance improvements for in-editor play, making testing with Multiplayer Play Mode more performant than ever. Unity Tr…

Unity 6.4 Beta introduces high-performance I/O for Textures, Meshes, and ECS/DOTS data, reducing load times by up to 40%. Unity would like to announce the availability of Microsoft DirectStorage support for Unity 6.4 Be…

Rendering needs differ significantly across devices. A desktop GPU may consume hundreds of watts with large cooling systems, while phones, tablets and standalone XR headsets usually operate within only a few watts and …

Following our deprecation of MARS in Unity 6.1, we’re writing to let you know that Unity MARS and the Unity AR Companion app will no longer be supported for production starting from Unity 6.3. For more information on you…

We’re excited to announce an updated release of the Composition Layers Experimental Package! This new version builds on the initial launch, incorporating key additions, changes, and fixes to enhance your development expe…

Starting in Unity 6.3, the Magic Leap (x86_64) build target will be limited to existing projects only. You’ll still be able to open and build current projects targeting Magic Leap (x86_64), but new projects can not be cr…

We’re thrilled to announce that experimental support for Android XR is now available! Whether you’re ready to port an app or create something new, Android XR empowers you to build immersive experiences using the tools yo…

Hey, We sometimes get requests for the early versions of the Unity Editor. Please note that we don’t support downgrading a project to an older editor version. However, you can import projects into a new editor version.…

Hey fellow Shader Artists! Not so long ago, I posted about Shader Graphs Properties , and in a similar fashion, I wanted to share some information about Keywords and Branching to save everyone a long read through the do…