https://gamedropdaily.com/updates/vtube-studio/ Official Steam announcements and patch notes for VTube Studio. en-us Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:35:59 GMT 720 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165581016 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1836506165581016#1783524959 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:35:59 GMT Patch This is just a small patch that addresses two bugs/issues: When using “Inverted Masks” in your Live2D models while having “Mask Smoothing” active in VTube Studio, this would sometimes lead to random black lines appearing on your models due to an issue in the rendering system… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1833334318565422 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1833334318565422#1779256630 Wed, 20 May 2026 05:57:10 GMT Patch This update adds support for using the new Twitch Power-ups as Twitch hotkey triggers in VTube Studio. Features: New feature: Support for Twitch Power-upsPower-ups are very similar to regular Twitch Channel Point Redeems, just that viewers use Bits to redeem them. So basically… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1829528821311988 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1829528821311988#1775902797 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:19:57 GMT Patch This update adds a few things that didn't quite make it in time for the SFX update. Features: New feature: Auto-stop hotkey-triggered sound effects when hotkey is deactivated. When a hotkey plays a sound effect and that hotkey is deactivated, you can now choose to also stop the… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1828441623111278 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1828441623111278#1774936786 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:59:46 GMT Patch This update adds a fully dynamic, reactive sound effect system that can play sound effects based on your model movement. Features: New feature: Sound Effect SystemHotkey Sounds: Play SFX based on hotkey activations. Parameter Sound Triggers: Dynamically play SFX based on Live2D… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1828441623105905 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1828441623105905#1774660286 Sat, 28 Mar 2026 01:11:26 GMT Patch This update adds ArtMesh/Layer Groups so you can easily modify colors of layers in bulk. It also adds native controller support!! Features: New feature: ArtMesh/Layer GroupsYou can now set up groups of layers and use those groups to batch-modify ArtMesh colors of your model more… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1828441623103105 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1828441623103105#1774565798 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 22:56:38 GMT Patch This small patch fixes an issue with the new screenshot system where certain visual effects (like the outline and backlight VFX) would be incorrectly scaled and positioned when using custom screenshot resolutions. The patch also improves how the bloom effect looks when using… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1827626365769422 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1827626365769422#1774491113 Thu, 26 Mar 2026 02:11:53 GMT Patch There will be multiple updates this week, this is the first one! This update adds an improved implementation of the screenshot system and Expression Editor! Features: New screenshot system: arbitrary resolution up to 16k x 16k and better semi-transparent color handling. New… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1815034432893923 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1815034432893923#1761888814 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:33:34 GMT Patch This patch contains various bugfixes and improvements. Memory-management improvements. Models should now use significantly less memory when loaded (GPU memory remains unaffected). Fixed bug in model outline calculation that caused significant lag when: Twitch Emote Dropper is… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1811772772544901 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1811772772544901#1759590254 Sat, 04 Oct 2025 15:04:14 GMT Patch This patch mainly fixes the Unity security vulnerability that was disclosed today but also contains some other improvements/fixes. Fix for CVE-2025-59489, a security vulnerability affecting all Unity-based games. VTube Studio now uses Unity 6000.0.58f2 and is not affected… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1809235871692130 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1809235871692130#1756667550 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 19:12:30 GMT News Have you been getting crashes after the last update? It's most likely because you don't have the most recent "Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable" installed. From now on, VTube Studio will automatically install it when updating. But if you are getting crashes right now, please… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1809235871626677 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1809235871626677#1756490367 Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:59:27 GMT Patch This patch addresses a crash experienced by some users when opening the app, starting the webcam trackers or when opening the webcam selection list. The crash was caused by multiple faulty virtual webcams added by the "Meta Quest Link" app. VTube Studio now ignores those virtual… https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1802261838695837 https://steamstore-a.akamaihd.net/news/externalpost/steam_community_announcements/1802261838695837#1749597916 Tue, 10 Jun 2025 23:25:16 GMT Patch This small patch (1.32.3) fixes some bugs introduced by the previous update, adds one new asset and slightly re-adjusts the watermark coverage. Fixed a bug where items loaded from item scenes during collabs would mistakenly get attached to your collab guests if their models…