VirtualBox 7.2.0_BETA1 released

galitsyn · Post by **galitsyn** » 27. May 2025, 22:00

This is a major update. The following new features were added:

GUI: Moved global and VM tools from hamburger menus to global tools taskbar (vertically on the left) and the VM tools tabs (horizontally above the right hand panel) to make them easier to reach
Windows/Arm host: Arm virtualization of VMs added, in the unified Windows installer package
Arm host: Virtualization of Windows 11/Arm VMs
Windows/Arm guest: Guest additions for new OS type Windows 11/Arm

In addition, the following items were fixed and/or added:

Arm VMs: Note that the saved state of Arm VMs from VirtualBox 7.1 is incompatible with VirtualBox 7.2, so please shut down such VMs in saved state before upgrading to 7.2 (snapshots with associated saved state created with 7.1 will no longer work with 7.2)
Arm host: vboxwebsrv is now included in the packages
Arm VMs: ACPI now available
3rd Party Tools: Eliminated dependency on libIDL and IASL

VirtualBox source code now also available on GitHub at https://github.com/VirtualBox/virtualbox.

Please discuss the release here. If you want to report issues needing tracking, use https://github.com/VirtualBox/virtualbox/issues.