KDE continues to improve Plasma 6.6 and 6.7 in a week without major new releases

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KDE Plasma 6.6 brush

This week's list of new releases in KDE Plasma It's not very flashy. Often, something simple can be disappointing, especially when there are other, more significant changes, but it can also mean that things are ready. That seems to be the case with Plasma 6.6, which is just around the corner and for which no major new features are coming, but bug fixes are still being implemented.

What follows is the list with news This week's highlights. Since we no longer include fixed bugs, the list is a bit bland, but it is what it is.

Notable new features coming to KDE

plasma 6.7.0

  • The Window List widget now allows sorting and displays section headings in full view, making it easier to navigate through windows by virtual desktops, activities, or alphabetically.

List of windows in KDE

Notable improvements to the KDE interface

plasma 6.6.0

  • The System Preferences touchscreen gestures page is now hidden when there are no touchscreens, completing the project to hide all hardware pages that are not applicable.

Cleaner system preferences bar

  • The "Turn on Bluetooth" switch in the Bluetooth widget no longer randomly displays a blue outline on the controller even when it is not clearly in focus.

plasma 6.7.0

  • Plasma's window manager now remembers the window tile fill per screen.
  • The wallpaper selection dialog now starts in the location used last time.
  • Theme previews on the System Preferences cursor settings page now scale better when using very large cursor sizes.

  • The update elements on the Discover updates page now have a better design and alignment.
  • The project to make the delete buttons consistent on the System Preferences theme selection pages has been completed.
  • The system tray icon that Discover uses to represent an automatic update in progress now looks much more like the other update icons and much less like the Nextcloud icon.

Performance and technical highlights in KDE

Framework 6.23

  • The maximum memory usage of KRunner has been reduced when file searching is enabled.

Coming soon to your KDE desktop distribution

KDE Plasma 6.5.6 is expected to arrive on March 10th, and Frameworks 6.23 on February 13th. Plasma 6.6 is expected to arrive on February 17th, 2026. No official announcement has been made yet, so it is expected that there will continue to be three Plasma releases throughout at least 2026.

Vía: KDE Blog.