The Blender Foundation recently released Blender 4.3 Beta, and it’s packed with new features. Blender 4.3 will remain in Beta for a few weeks, with a full release likely on November 12, 2024.
Here are some of the new features to look out for:
- Significant UI/UX improvements, especially around the windowing system.
- Grease Pencil 3.0, new brushes, improved UI/UX, eraser system, and geometry node support
- 3D sculpting improvements, new UI/UX, new brushes, and more
- New centralized library asset system for sculpts, grease pencils, hair, and more
- Experimental Vulkan rendering
- New BSDF Metallic shader
- Many geometry node improvements, including the aforementioned Grease Pencil support, For loops, and more etc.
The new version is available for download https://builder.blender.org/download/daily/