LibreOffice 26.2 Beta 1 is now available for testing in working toward the stable release in February for this cross-platform, open-source office suite solution.

The LibreOffice 26.2 Writer word processor brings improvements to its spell checking dialog, tracking improvements to document changes, Start and End paragraph alignment, and other changes. The Calc spreadsheet program in LibreOffice 26.2 adds connector support for Calc, support for xmlMaps.xml, improvements to the Sort dialog options, Biff12 clipboard format support found with Excel 2007+, and various performance improvements. LibreOffice 26.2 Base is now properly multi-user, performance improvements for 3D charts with the Chart program, improved Google Drive authentication for LibreOffice, faster SVG graphics rendering, and a number of user interface refinements.

LibreOffice 26.2 also adds some experimental features such as BASIC IDE code completion, a new macro manager dialog, and ODF Wholesome Encryption. More details on the LibreOffice 26.2 changes via the work-in-progress [1]release notes .

LibreOffice 26.2 Beta 1 can downloaded via the [2]Document Foundation announcement . Next up is the string and UI freeze next week followed by the first of three release candidates. LibreOffice 26.2 stable should be out around the start of February.



[1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/26.2

[2] https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/12/11/libreoffice-26-2-beta1-is-available-for-testing/