The Release Candidate (RC) of NVDA 2026.1.1 is now available for download and testing. We encourage all users to download this RC and provide feedback. Unless any critical bugs are found, this will be identical to the final 2026.1.1 release. By installing the RC you will be opting into NVDA’s beta/RC channel, and will only receive update notifications for these builds. The beta/RC channel will always keep you up to date with the latest NVDA version. The last RC in a release cycle is identical to the final stable release. To return to the stable release channel, upgrade manually to the latest stable build.
Links
- Download NVDA 2026.1.1rc1
- SHA256 sum: 8dfb5b0cfddae9411d2ecb200b0e2c784c084cac972d88ef07023e20725de0ff
- What’s new in this release of NVDA
- Please report any issues on GitHub.
Highlights
This is a patch release to fix security issues.
A bug fix is also included for an issue introduced in 2026.1 with how ctrl+f is handled in File Explorer.
A change introduced in 2026.1 with how NVDA handles connection issues with Remote Access was removed.
