Meet the New Feather 3D!

2026. 2. 2.

Happy New Year, everyone! We are already 1/17 of the way through 2026. That is about 5.5%, if you prefer percentages.

Do you remember when we sent an email saying we would release Feather 2.0 back when roughly 44.7% of 2025 had passed? According to that plan, it should have launched last November. So… what happened?

This feels like a good moment to explain. Along with our New Year greetings, we have a few updates to share. You can find them in the article below, or keep reading this email to the end.

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What happened?

Please let us explain..

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Feather 2.0 has been delayed

Last June, we confidently shared the roadmap for the 2.0 update. Since then, we have been working non stop. However, we ran into more challenges than expected and were not able to finish development within the original timeframe.

We are currently rebuilding parts of the render engine to reach a significantly higher quality standard. So, we simply need more time.

Our current goal is to release the update in the first quarter of this year. This schedule may move depending on how development goes. To be honest, it is far more likely to move later than earlier.

New features

As a small apology, we would like to briefly share one of the new features coming in 2.0.

We are developing a fully customizable new 3D brush system. With it, you will be able to draw an animal’s spine in a single stroke, freely sketch winding ivy, or create almost anything you can imagine. This is our upcoming 3D brush customization feature.

Important updates

A fully customizable 3D brush sounds exciting, right? But there is one important thing you should know before getting too excited.

Feather 2.0 is being developed on top of iPadOS 26. This means that iPads running older versions of iPadOS will not be able to upgrade to Feather 2.0. To use version 2.0, your device must be updated to iPadOS 26.

About post-release support

So does that mean users on iPadOS versions below 26 will no longer be able to use Feather? Not at all. You will still be able to keep using Feather based on version 1.3. While new features from 2.0 will not be added, we will continue to provide stability and optimization updates for the 1.3 version.

We recommend taking your time and preparing at your own pace before moving on to Feather 2.0.

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