Some of the upcoming changes and new features in Plasma KDE are
In the upcoming Plasma 6.8 if a printer is not available, then a notification is displayed that the print job did not succeed.
In the upcoming Plasma 6.8, Thumbnails padding have a better feel to them.
In the upcoming Plasma 6.8, restrictions in a username, while creating an account, are shown more clearly.
In the upcoming Plasma 6.8, improvements were made in the remote desktop server to handle bad network connections. Also clipboard is loaded on demand, this ought to save memory
More improvements in Kup - new default exclusions are provided. Like Caches, Trashes, encrypted folders, etc.
Bug fixing in Plasma 6.7.5 - Inclusion of the file $HOME/.config/plasma-localerc when plasma login manager settings are synced.
In Plasma 6.7.5 System Setting the option “highlight changed settings” shows the settings that have been changed in Display & Monitor > Night Light as well as in Search > Plasma Search and a few other places.
For the year 2026 and 27 the German Sovereign Tech agency has pledged to finance about 1.2 million Euros, which is approximately $ 1.48 million as on today, for KDE related activities. The primary purpose of this is to
Strengthen the structural resilience and modernize the technology stack of a leading desktop platform
While significant amount of money has been spent on improving the automated test and build infra for KDE, money is also being spent on applications like KUP, Support for IMAP4 revision 2, support for CalDAV/CardDAV, etc.
flexibility is particularly valuable for digital sovereignty, as it enables governments and organizations to avoid being locked into specific operating systems, hardware, or cloud platforms that could lead to dependency on foreign companies.
Apparently someone in Europe is keen to avoid a vendor lock in.
These are the changes that are coming in Plasma KDE
In the upcoming Plasma 6.8 the RDP sessions now offer a fully shared clipboard. Previously only the server’s clipboard was shared with the client. So on the client side if a user were to do some copy or cut operation that would not be visible.
For the upcoming Plasma 6.8 a new feature has been added where the scrolling speed of the mouse can now be changed by giving a numeric value or by increasing or decreasing it using the plus and minus buttons next to it.
For the upcoming Plasma 6.8 having multiple monitor setup, the logout/lock/login UI elements are shown only on the active monitor.
A few more UI fixes and bug fixes in upcoming plasma 6.8 related to remote desktop server crashing, resizing an aspect-ratio-locked windows and others.
In Plasma 6.6.7 if the power-profiles-daemon or tuned-ppd are not installed, then the Power and widget tooltip does not mention the scroll to change the power mode.
Bug fixes in Plasma 6.7.5 related to KDE Discover application and others.
And lots of performance and technical improvements were also incorporated.
In the upcoming Plasma 6.8, if a user is using a language other than English then the user can still find system settings by using english keywords like mouse, power, etc.
In the upcoming Plasma 6.8 in System Settings a new Autostart option has been provided which allows the user to delete, enable or disable services which start along with KDE plasma. Not applicable for SystemD services and daemons.
In the upcoming plasma 6.8, if multiple authentication types are configured, then those options are visible in the lock screen. Not clear on what different types of authentication will be supported out of box in Plasma 6.8.
KDE Plasma 6.8 will prevent setting the resolution to a value so low that it breaks the system.
KDE Discover now prevents changing of ratings from useful to useless or vice versa once it is set.
The Plasma 6.8 now has a semi intelligent automatic brightness feature which learns the screen brightness in various lightning conditions over time.
In Plasma 6.8 if there are multiple GPUs on a computer then KWin will now display a notification for all GPUs if GPU is reset. Previously it used to happen only for the primary GPU.
Many UI improvements were incorporated in Plasma 6.8, in widgets, icons placements, text/icon alignment, etc.
Many bug fixes in Plasma 6.8/ 6.7.x/6.6.7 branches were incorporated
KDE Plasma 6.6 is the current LTS release of KDE Plasma supported till Aug-2029.
While KDE Plasma 6.8 is expected to be released in Oct-2026.
These dates may change.
On Thu, Sep 10, 2026 a beta for Plasma 6.8 was released. It seems that Plasma 6.8 is still on track to be released in Oct-2026.
The KDE Development team has incorporated new changes for kup, the KDE backup program. They are encouraging distros to include it in their releases.
In the upcoming plasma 6.8 the clipboard settings related to images have been made more comprehensible.
In the upcoming plasma 6.8 the icon for Virtual keyboard, which, is shown on the login and lock screen, has been renamed to “Show on Screen Keyboard”. Also if the screen on which the Virtual keyboard is shown is not touch enabled, then also it is shown. This will help all of those running steam.
Visual improvements and polishing in Plasma 6.8 have been done in the Kickoff application launcher, in the various Speed graphs, the battery widget,
Plasma 6.8 has bug fixes in Spectacle. Quick Settings page (which will now show a default list of settings, these will be modified as the user uses the Settings app),
In Plasma 6.8, with multiple monitor setup, missed notifications will be shown on the primary monitor only when Do-Not-Distrub is enabled. Previously it used to be shown in all the monitors.
In Plasma 6.8 KWin has support for commit_timing Wayland protocol. This will be particularly useful for applications like video players and games that utilize adaptive sync technologies.
In Plasma 6.8 improvements were introduced in RDP sessions so as lower the latency.
Bug Fix in Plasma 6.6.7. KDE Discover now shows the version of the SNAP based apps.
Plasma 6.8 Beta 2 is out and ready for testing. Take it for spin and if any issues are found raise a bug in KDE bugs.
The updates
In upcoming plasma 6.8 a new keyboard shortcut has been added which allows the user to Shift to the last-used keyboard layout.
In the upcoming plasma 6.9 the currency conversion based on Krunner now accepts currency symbol like $ or € or others.
In the upcoming plasma 6.9, copying text in Info center now shows a visual feedback.
In the upcoming Plasma 6.9 weather stations have a punctuation in their name can now be searched without the punctuation.
Plasma 6.8 Bug fix - In all plasma password text box whenever the mouse pointer is taken to show password button an explanatory tool tip is shown to the user.
Plasma 6.8 Bug fix - Crashes of Plasma when deleting a starred item from Plasma Clipboard has been fixed.
Plasma 6.8 Bug fix - Searching for item longer than 63 characters, in Kunner, does not result in unnecessary messages in the journal log.
In the upcoming Plasma 6.8 the Bluetooth setup wizard can be used to find and pair Bluetooth LE devices
Bug fix in Plasma 6.7.6 - Fixes in Weather report widget when showing results from BBC
KDE Linux is moving towards replacingsudo with wrappers utilizing systemd-run0. While replacement for pkexec is still work in progress and may not happen. This ties KDE Linux more to systemd.
Plasma 6.8 release is still targetted for October 14, 2026. With work on next release Plamsa 6.9 continuing. More details on KDE Plasma release here.
New feature in the upcoming Plasma 6.9 the context menu for Task Manager tasks includes a “Move to Screen” feature.
New feature in the upcoming Plasma 6.9, in System Settings > Firewall, comments associated with custom firewall rules made with the ufw are now visible.
In the upcoming Plasma 6.9 a behavior change has been incorporated for System Settings > Touchpad. Previously there were two options, one for right click and the other for middle click. Now if the user chooses the right click option, either bottom right hand side or two finger tap, the middle click behavior changes accordingly.
In the upcoming Plasma 6.8 the Dictionary widget colors are adjusted as per the active color scheme or Plasma style changes.
Bug fix in upcoming Plasma 6.8, the double scrollbar issue in System Monitor is no longer there.
Bug fixes in Plasma 6.6.7 where plasma used to freeze when Wi-Fi adapter used to enabled/disabled frequently.
Bug fixes in Plasma 6.8 related to spectacle which fixes issues to Spectacle not store screen recordings and Spectacle’s share feature not working.
And many more bug fixes and feature improvments in all the active branches of Plasma 6.6, 6.7 and the upcoming Plasma 6.8 and 6.9.
