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title: 'Vulkan Introduces Roadmap 2026 and New Descriptor Heap Extension'
url: 'https://vulkan.org/news/auto-24155-5344de3c4c7d4a9cfbc1da3026668896'
markdown: 'https://vulkan.org/news/auto-24155-5344de3c4c7d4a9cfbc1da3026668896.md'
date: '2026-01-23'
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#  Vulkan Introduces Roadmap 2026 and New Descriptor Heap Extension 

  January 23rd at 2:17pm

 The Khronos Vulkan API is in continuous development, and today the Vulkan Working Group has released two important updates to the API and ecosystem: an entirely new Descriptor system and the Vulkan Roadmap 2026 Milestone. Initial support for these features is expected in the next Vulkan SDK release planned for Q1 2026.These new features and more will be discussed at the forthcoming Vulkanised 2026 conference, taking place in San Diego on February 9-11. 

 [ Read More  ](https://www.khronos.org/blog/vulkan-introduces-roadmap-2026-and-new-descriptor-heap-extension)

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