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Welcome to Maya 2026 ! You can access this release from your Autodesk Account.

Old scenes with DoubleLinear math nodes will open/import correctly in Maya 2026 but will issue warnings about any deprecated DL nodes in the scene.

This page lists what's fixed in Maya, Maya Creative, or both.

Welcome to Maya 2026 .2 Update. You can access the Maya 2026 .2 Update from your Autodesk Account.

Welcome to Maya 2026 .3 Update. You can access the Maya 2026 .3 Update from your Autodesk Account.

Welcome to Maya 2026 .1 Update. You can access the Maya 2026 .1 Update from your Autodesk Account.

Welcome to Maya 2026 .2 Update! You can access the Maya 2026 .2 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.

Default surface shader: OpenPBR OpenPBR is now the default surface shader in Maya . Flow Retopology for Maya 1.3 Flow Retopology is now included with Maya 2026 .

Welcome to Maya 2026 .1 Update! You can access the Maya 2026 .1 Update from your Autodesk Account.

Welcome to Maya 2026 .3 Update! You can access the Maya 2026 .3 Update from your Autodesk Account.

Welcome to Maya 2026 .2 Update! You can access the Maya 2026 .2 Update from your Autodesk Account.

Golaem, a crowd simulation and character layout plug-in for Maya, is now available as part of the Media & Entertainment Collection.

Lighting enhancement Starting in Maya 2026 .3, we now support lighting and shadows with USD RectLight prims.