Qt 6.10 Released with PipeWire Support and Chromium Extensions
On October 6, 2025, the Qt Company announced the release of Qt 6.10. This update focuses on stabilizing and expanding the features of the Qt 6 branch, introducing a native PipeWire audio backend, support for Chromium extensions in Qt WebEngine, and several other key enhancements.
Platform Support and Release Details
Qt 6.10 supports a wide range of platforms, including Windows 10/11, macOS 12+, Linux (Ubuntu 22.04/24.04, openSUSE 15.5, RHEL 8.10/9.4), iOS 16+, Android 9+ (API 23+), WebAssembly, and various real-time operating systems. The source code is available on GitHub under LGPLv3 and GPLv2 licenses.
As an intermediate release, Qt 6.10 will receive six months of public support, with an additional six months for commercial license holders. This follows the release of Qt 6.9 in April 2025.
Key Improvements in Qt 6.10
- Binary Compatibility: Applications compiled for Qt 6.9 will continue to work seamlessly with version 6.10.
- PipeWire Audio Backend: The Qt Multimedia module now includes a native audio backend for PipeWire.
- Chromium Extensions: The Qt WebEngine module now supports the use of Chromium extensions.
- Enhanced 2D Charts: Qt Graphs features several improvements for 2D charts, including hover support and multi-axis displays.
- 3D Graphics Adapter Enumeration: Qt GUI's QRhi now supports enumerating 3D graphics adapters when using Direct3D 11/12 or Vulkan.
- Lottie Animation Support: A new `lottietoqml` tool converts Lottie files to QML, and a VectorImage plugin allows for direct loading of Lottie files.
- Wayland and Android Updates: Includes improved Wayland session management, Graphics Reset notifications for compositors like KWin, and support for 16 KB page sizes on Android.
- Performance: The performance of QGrpcHttp2Channel has been improved.
- Yocto 5.2 Support: Added support for Yocto 5.2 for bootstrapping Qt.