Stay up to date with the latest Audacity updates, new features, and improvements. Here's what changed in 2026.
The OpenVINO AI plugin suite continues to expand the free Audacity editor with five locally
run AI effects—music separation into stems, AI noise suppression, MusicGen
powered music generation and continuation, OpenAI Whisper transcription with subtitle export, and Audio Super Resolution for upsampling low
bitrate recordings—delivered through dedicated Windows and macOS installers separate from the main Audacity download.
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Changelog last updated March 2026