VRChat 2025.4.1 (OPEN BETA)

Features

Boops are BACK!

Boops are back! You might remember this feature from last year, when we tried it out in Open Beta... only to decide that it wasn't quite ready yet.

After we announced we pulled it, people immediately wanted it back! Well, it took a hot second, but here it is again!

Booping is a feature that allows you to send “Boops” to their friends! They can attach any emoji to their Boop! VRC+ subscribers can even attach custom and animated emojis.

When the recipient opens their notifications, they’ll see a Boop Explosion containing all of the Boops they’ve just received!

Boops can be sent by opening the User Details page in either the Quick Menu or Main Menu in the Client and tapping the new Boop button. They can also be sent also from within the mobile apps.

The Live Now Tab

The Launchpad tab in the Main Menu is being replaced*.. with the Live Now tab!

First: were you a fan of the "Recently Seen" tab that lived here? It still exits! We just moved it to the Social tab. Because, you know, that makes sense.

Anyway -- the Live Now tab!

The Live Now tab will show you events that are (wait for it) live! That means you'll easily see what's going on when you're in VRChat. You'll be able to easily join these events directly from there -- getting you to the good stuff a little bit faster.

It also shows Group and Friend locations -- letting you see where everyone is at a glance.

(Also: you'll see this in the Changes & Fixes section, but Groups are now able to attach Instances directly to Events -- making the process for getting into a poppin' instance a lot easier.)

*This is likely to run as a test once this patch leaves Open Beta... but Open Beta users will still see it!

Discord Login

You can now login to VRChat using Discord!

For existing users, if you have a Discord account, you can choose to link your VRChat and Discord accounts. This will then allow you to sign into VRChat using your Discord login information.

New users will be able to make a new account using their Discord information.

Warp Effects

Ever wanted to be devoured by a swarm of Reference Cubes that atomize you and recreate your very existence in another dimension?

No?

Too bad! We're testing Warp Effects. Warp Effects are custom animations that play when you enter or leave an instance. To test this out, anyone using the Open Beta will receive a special Bundle that will contain a test Warp Effect, featuring the Refe̴̙̍̎r̷͉̝̒ence Cub̷̡̿e.

This effect will only be visible to those in the Open Beta. Also, at the end of the Open Beta, you'll lose access to it. We just need to test to make sure it works at scale! Let us know what you think, as usual (or if you find any bugs).

Changes & Fixes

• In-app reporting has been revamped.
  • Added the ability to see all Stickers, Prints, and Emoji that have been used in the current instance for easiser reporting.
    • You can see these under the "Report" screen, visible via a button in the Quick Menu (next to Inventory).
  • Added the ability to see the Stickers, Prints, Emoji, and Events you have reported.
    • You can see these under the "Report" screen, visible via a button in the Quick Menu (next to Inventory).
  • The entire flow has received quality-of-life improvements to make the reporting process easier.
• Added the ability to link instances and events!
  • We've added a new permission for Group members that allows them to link instances and events.
  • Events that are live (or are within a six-hour window of beginning or ending) will appear on the Group instance creation UI for permitted users to select as being associated with that particular instance.
  • When an instance is linked to an event, it shows up in its own special event row on the Instances tab on the details page for that particular Group.
    • Rows for events that don't have any instances associated with them will still show up.
    • Instances for events will also show up in the friend/available instance rows where applicable. This is expected.
  • The event details page now has a button labeled "Join" instead of "View Instances". When clicked:
    • If there's only one instance for the event and it's joinable, you'll join it.
    • If there's only one instance for the event and it's not joinable for some reason (e.g., there's a queue), you'll be brought to the instance details page.
    • If there are zero or multiple instances, you'll be brought to the Instances tab for the Group that owns the event.
  • The default name for an event instance will be set to the event name for VRC+ users.
    • We may make this happen for non-VRC+ users as well in the future.
    • You can still change or remove the name if you have VRC+ if you wish.
• Fixed a PhysBone jitter issue which affected high framerate scenarios.
• The Quick Menu has been visually refreshed.
  • It should make more sense now. We hope?
    • Let us know what you think.
• Avatar Pedestals have received some much-needed love.
  • They now initially show a "Loading" image instead of just white.
  • Loaded thumbnails no longer leak memory.
  • All avatar preview images are now downscaled, even on PC.
    • This means data loading via pedestals may no longer work. This was never officially supported, and we recommend switching to VRCImageLoading or VRCStringLoading instead.
• Tweaked the camera's zoom slider. The default position has been moved up, and the slider's scaling has been adjusted.
• Fixed items not consistently appearing ahead of you when using Full Body Tracking in VR.
• Fixed a bug where sometimes users could see Sharing Pedestals from the previous instance playing despawn animations in the loading screen.
• The Main Menu Social page now features the "Recently Seen" player list.
  • This is the same list that you'd find on the Launchpad page, but we figure the Social page would be a better home for this!
• Fixed emergency avatar sometimes appearing unexpectedly when holding the Escape key to close the menu.
  • An intentional shortcut to load the emergency avatar has been added to Shift + ESC. You can use this if your keyboard mapping does not have a Backslash key.
• Fixed the exclusive store time remaining icons having incorrect spacing with the text.
• Fixed certain Quick Menu doodads overlaying other doodads.
  • No, you read that right.
• Fixed foldouts when selecting a user in the Quick Menu.
• Fixed a case where the Recently Updated Favorite Worlds would be missing on the Launch Pad.
• Shapes for PhysBone collider components and Contact components should now exactly match between the client and the SDK. This mostly only affects setups that use non-uniform or negative scaling.
• Fixed some odd behaviour with the face mirror and Selfie Expression callouts when the HUD mode was set to Off.
• When an in-world Creator Economy listing is viewed, the products within it should show their correct preview.
• Fixed opening Inventory from the Quick Menu so it will re-open to the last Inventory section you had opened... instead of always opening to the sticker section.
• Fixed a bug that could caused your UI theme to look wonky or totally fail to load.
• Fixed a bug that could cause Portals and other effects to be delayed until all other downloads finished.
• Improvements to underlying networking code.
• Minor text fixes.