What's New in Maya 2026.3 Update

Welcome to Maya 2026.3 Update! You can access the Maya 2026.3 Update from your Autodesk Account.

For technical details including What's Fixed in this release, see the Maya 2026.3 Update Release Notes.

For more on the evolution of Maya over the years, check out the Maya timeline.

Updates to Animate in Context

Try the new demo project to see what Animate in Context is all about.

Channel Sets for Graph Editor

Channel Sets for the Graph Editor provide a powerful way for animators to organize and share groups of channels for animation.

Dynamic Geometry Attributes provide technical artists with advanced per-vertex analysis tools to improve character deformation quality, create procedural effects like animated wrinkles, and easily identify problem areas in their rigs.

Camera Sequencer Updates

In the Camera Sequencer for Maya, you now have access to an expanded and more intuitive shot creation workflow.

What's New in LookdevX for Maya

In LookdevX 1.10.0 for Maya, you will notice color management and generative textures API improvements, along with enhanced documentation.

USD: Asset Resolver and more...

USD for Maya 0.34 introduces Asset Resolver, streamlining asset loading and improving project portability.

Bifrost 2.15.0.0: Rigid bodies and more...

Bifrost 2.15.0.0 features the initial release of rigid-body dynamics simulations along with fracturing and Boolean modeling operations, and many other improvements.

Arnold for Maya 5.5.4

Updates in MtoA since Maya 2026 introduce a new Inference imager, Global Light Sampling improvements, and other enhancements and bug fixes.

What else is new?

This release of Maya also includes the following changes and improvements.

Graph Editor Pins	A new View > Show Pins menu item in the Graph Editor lets you toggle pin visibility. By default, pins are shown, but can be hidden in favor of Channel Sets that provide the ability to save and organize groups of channels.
MotionMaker Generator Contextual Menu	Access a contextual menu of character key operations by right-clicking the generator in the MotionMaker Editor for a faster and more streamlined workflow.
Dynamic Geometry Attribute example files	New example files have been added to the Content Browser under Animation > Dynamic Geometry Attributes.
Autodesk Flow 0.11.0	Maya 2026.3 now includes Flow 0.11.0, which installs the Flow desktop service and lets you take advantage of Flow-connected capabilities like Animate in Context. You can find the latest version of Flow on your Autodesk Account.