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Sibelius 2026.6 makes cross-staff notation no accident Sibelius 2026.5 adds VST3 support Sibelius 2026.2 cleanses the palette Sibelius updated to 2025.12; simplified upgrade path for perpetual licensees Sibelius updated to 2025.10 Sibelius updated to 2025.8 Sibelius 2025.7 brings note spacing control, UI updates Sibelius 2025.4 released Sibelius 2025.3 released Sibelius 2025.2 introduces decondensing parts with staff filters Sibelius 2024.10 targets MusicXML import, Sequoia support Sibelius 2024.8 updated for mobile and cloud Sibelius is now native on Apple silicon with the 2024.6 update Sibelius comes to Android and Chromebook Sibelius 2024.3: MIDI copy and paste, remote connection, resizeable Keypad Sibelius 2023.11: Sonoma support, more system object positions, better Keypad Sibelius 2023.8 released Avid enters the AI fray with automatic chord symbol completion in Sibelius 2023.6 Sibelius 2023.5: New hiding options make individually voiced parts possible from a condensed score Sibelius 2023.2 advances score subsets and dynamic guitar staves Sibelius 2022.12 is “part”way to more layout independence with score subsets Sibelius 2022.10: Make into part command and better text dynamics Sibelius 2022.9: Staff names in groups; more selection commands Guitar tab can be fun in the Sibelius 2022.7 update Sibelius 2022.5 brings multi-section headers, other workflow boosts Sibelius for Mobile adds transpose feature; perpetual license upgrades are back (again) [updated] Sibelius 2022.3 adds Windows 11, Monterey support Dynamic parts come to Sibelius for Mobile Avid introduces new license activation system alongside Sibelius 2021.12 update Sibelius for Mobile update adds MIDI support and more Sibelius comes to the iPhone Sibelius 2021.9 updates search, ManuScript, Keypad gestures Sibelius arrives on iPad Your search is a command in the Sibelius 2021.2 update; M1 Mac support under Rosetta [updated] Direct Sibelius file import headlines 2020.12 release The focus is on staves with the Sibelius 2020.9 update Sibelius 2020.6 brings better MusicXML import, color options Sibelius 2020.3 released with laissez vibrer ties, other fixes NAMM 2020: Sibelius 2020.1 brings automatic staff spacing, tie improvements, and more Sibelius 2019.12 released; support for older OSs dropped Advanced MIDI import arrives in Sibelius 2019.9 Sibelius 2019.7 released with MusicXML improvements, other fixes Sibelius 2019.5 fixes audio and printing issues Sibelius 2019.4 brings loop playback, scrubbing, more NAMM 2019: Sibelius 2019.1 released with Review Mode, Avid Link Sibelius 2018.12 update released Sibelius 2018.11 makes the infrastructure investment Eight since 8: Top new Sibelius features Sibelius 2018.7 released with bug fixes Free Sibelius First now available; other improvements in 2018.6 release Sibelius 2018.5 released with one fix pertaining to plug-ins Sibelius 2018.4 released with multi-edits for text, better note spacing, much more; re-brands as “Ultimate” NAMM 2018: The Sibelius 2018.1 release is smarter with multi-edit workflow improvements Sibelius 8.7.2 update available; instrument changes improved Sibelius 8.7 released with Cloud Sharing, other fixes Sibelius 8.6.1 update available; plug-ins updated for magnetic glissandi lines Sibelius 8.6 released with magnetic glissandi lines Sibelius 8.5.1 update available Sibelius 8.5 introduces staff sizes on a per-system basis