LunarG has announced the release of Vulkan SDK 1.4.341.0 for Linux, macOS, and Windows. This update delivers support for Vulkan API 1.4.341, incorporates the Roadmap 2026 Profile for greater hardware consistency, advances KosmicKrisp to beta on Apple silicon, supports several new extensions, and enhances validation layers across the board.

We are seeking input from Vulkan developers on the 2026 LunarG Vulkan Ecosystem Survey. LunarG conducts this annual survey to gather direct feedback from Vulkan developers. Developers' responses play a crucial role in shaping the direction of the Vulkan Working Group and LunarG's own efforts to strengthen and evolve the Vulkan ecosystem.To see the impact of past responses, check out LunarG's just-published 2025 Ecosystem Survey Progress Report.

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.

LunarG announced the availability of Vulkan SDK 1.4.335. This release brings a long list of new extensions, improved validation tooling, clearer layer configuration, and – most notably – the first SDK-integrated version of KosmicKrisp, a Vulkan-over-Metal translation layer for Apple Silicon Macs.

Igalia's Ricardo Garcia pens this blog on the VK_EXT_cusom_resolve extension and it's role in the work Igalia has been doing to help Valve release the Steam Frame. 

VK_EXT_present_timing is conceptually simple yet powerful. The extension combines two fundamental features, which Vulkan devices can expose independently: The ability to receive timing feedback about previous presentation requests The ability to explicitly specify a target presentation time for each request It is the combination of these features that enables applications to achieve smooth, consistent animation.

“We implemented many Vulkan extensions and reviewed numerous others,” said Danylo Piliaiev, an engineer on the Graphics Team. “Over the years, we ensured that D3D11, D3D12, and OpenGL games rendered correctly through DXVK, vkd3d-proton, and Zink, investigating many rendering issues along the way. We achieved higher correctness than the proprietary driver and, in many cases, Mesa3D Turnip is faster as well.”

The Khronos Group has announced that Shader Execution Reordering in Vulkan has advanced from a vendor-specific extension, VK_NV_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder, to a multi-vendor Vulkan extension, VK_EXT_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder. Now, this powerful optimization technique can be used across vendors and APIs with similar SER support in Microsoft’s Shader Model 6.9. In benchmarked use cases like the Vulkan glTF path tracer, SER has already shown up to 47% improvements. The blog also walks through best practices, API usage, and hints for maximizing coherency.

Mesa 25.3's release brings groundbreaking Vulkan and OpenGL enhancements for AMD, Intel, and NVIDIA drivers, boosting gaming and professional workloads on Linux. This deep dive explores the technical upgrades, performance impacts, and ecosystem implications, drawing from sources like Phoronix and GamingOnLinux. Industry insiders will appreciate the focus on stability and future-proofing.

LunarG has introduced the new Vulkan Drivers tab in the Vulkan Configurator (vkconfig), released as part of Vulkan SDK 1.4.328.0 on October 7, 2025. This feature update empowers you to manage your Vulkan environment with unprecedented control, reducing setup time and accelerating iteration. - Seamlessly add extra drivers - Force apps to target a specific physical device - Sort & prioritize your device list