Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Even with a bare-bones installation, Plasma lets you customize your desktop a lot. If you want more, there are always **widgets**. Widgets add features and utilities to the Plasma desktop and today you can find out all the stuff you can do and what's new with the widgets shipped with Plasma 5.26.

Widgets are not the only thing to look forward to in Plasma 5.26: check out all the new stuff landing in the desktop designed to make using Plasma easier, more accessible and enjoyable, as well as the two new utilities for Plasma Big Screen, KDE's interface for smart TVS.

Check out the full announcement here: kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.26.0