# COOL 26.04 is here!

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# Protected: Collabora Online 26.04 – Your Documents, Your AI, Your Decade of Data Sovereignty

Big day for us: Collabora Online 26.04 is out, our major annual release for 2026. And it’s a special one, because this year marks **ten years of Collabora Online**. A decade of open source, privacy-respecting document collaboration, and we’re just getting started.

👉 Read the full release announcement: [Collabora Online 26.04 – Your Documents, Your AI, Your Decade of Data Sovereignty - Collabora Online and Collabora Office](https://www.collaboraonline.com/blog/cool-26-04-release/)

A few highlights:

✨ Optional AI assistance in Writer, Calc and Impress, on your terms  
🔎 Richer document comparison and review workflows  
📊 New functions, formatting and per-user views in Calc  
🤝 Improved collaborative presenting in Impress  
✅ Accessibility improvements, including BITV 2.0 certification  
⚡ Continued interoperability, performance and usability improvements

We’re also hosting a **free webinar on 10 September 2026 at 15:00 CEST** if you’d like a guided tour of what’s new: [What’s New in Collabora Office 26.04: Live Feature Tour - Collabora Online and Collabora Office](https://www.collaboraoffice.com/events/webinar-whats-new-in-collabora-office-26-04)

As always, huge thanks to everyone in the community who contributed, tested, reported bugs, and shared feedback. All the code is open source on our Gerrit server, and if you’d like to [get involved](https://www.collaboraoffice.org/post/communicate/), the [easy hacks](https://www.collaboraoffice.org/post/easyhacks/) are a great place to start.

[Try it out](https://www.collaboraonline.com/demo/) and tell us what you think, we’d love to hear your feedback here on the forum!

Happy Hacking 💜