# Football Manager 26 FM26 Update 26.0.4 Out Now - Product: Football Manager 26 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/football-manager-26) - Vendor: Sports Interactive - Date: 2025-11-06 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3551340/view/615431029997437161 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/football-manager-26/releases/2025-11-06-fm26-update-26.0.4-out-now What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **fixed** — Substantial crash and stability fixes - **fixed** — Numerous string translation fixes - **fixed** — Numerous text overlaps and misalignment fixes - **fixed** — Further fixes to matches freezing at start of the second half in single-player career - **added** — Preference to turn off or alter the speed of UI transitions between screens - **changed** — Default colouring of attributes to make them more distinguishable - **added** — Preference option to customise attribute colours - **added** — 1.5x match speed during highlights and 4x match speed between highlights - **fixed** — Manually scouting a player will now correctly delegate an appropriate scout - **added** — Newgen portraits will now appear during match broadcast graphics - **fixed** — Issue preventing subs processing that were made at halftime via the tactics screen - **fixed** — Issue where white match ball would be used in snowy weather - **added** — Set piece attributes are now visible when setting set piece or penalty takers - **fixed** — Tactic familiarity will now correctly progress over time within match day tactics - **fixed** — Issue causing World Golden Ball award to be skewed towards South American players - **fixed** — Text scaling preference option will now be saved after exiting the game - **fixed** — Issue preventing user from closing fixtures and results popup post-match - **fixed** — Issue causing player database to return incorrect results if user switched between interest levels - **fixed** — Issue forcing user to holiday past end of season team meeting - **changed** — Staff responsibilities has been made more accessible and easier to locate Following a successful Steam Public Beta track test, we can confirm that the FM26 update (26.0.4) has now been rolled out across Steam, Epic and Microsoft Store. For queries about how to update on Steam, Epic and Microsoft Store, please review this (https://support.sega.com/hc/en-gb/articles/40392673567633-FM26-How-to-Install-and-Update). For Steam Public Beta track users, please consult the (https://community.sports-interactive.com/bugtracker/1644_football-manager-26-bugs-tracker/1872_fm26-bug-tracker-introduction/how-to-use-the-football-manager-26-steam-public-beta-track-r32211/) for any questions about how to revert to the retail version and save game compatibility. This update delivers more than 300 fixes and quality of life improvements, with the most notable enhancements outlined below. Key highlights include new preferences for adjusting attribute colours, a preference to turn off/alter the speed of UI transitions, as well as a 1.5x Match Speed option, all introduced in response to your early beta feedback. The next update for the Steam beta track is already underway (details to follow), and it’s set to introduce a legacy preference to advance through messages with the spacebar, which we’ve been working on since the initial beta feedback came in. Similarly, as soon as we get through platform submissions, the Steam beta track update will be rolled out to everyone thereafter. We can also confirm that updates for Football Manager 26 Console, Football Manager 26 Touch and Football Manager 26 Mobile are due next week, subject to the submissions process. The Football Manager 26 Console update will address Match Engine performance and the radial wheel not functioning correctly as well as other key issues you have raised in community feedback. **FM26 Update 26.0.4 Change list (non-exhaustive):** - Substantial crash and stability fixes. - Numerous string translation fixes. - Numerous text overlaps and misalignment fixes. - Numerous tile/card polish. - Further fixes to Matches Freezing at start of the second half in Single-Player Career. - Added a preference to turn off/alter the speed of UI transitions between screens. - Change to default colouring of attributes to make them more distinguishable. - Added preference option to allow users to customise attribute colours. - Added 1.5x Match Speed during highlights and 4x Match Speed between highlights. - Manually scouting a player will now correctly delegate an appropriate scout. - Newgen portraits will now appear during match broadcast graphics. - Fixed issue preventing subs processing that were made at halftime via the tactics screen. - Fixed issue where white match ball would be used in snowy weather. - Set piece attributes are now visible when setting Set Piece/Penalty takers. - Tactic Familiarity will now correctly progress over time within Match Day > Tactics. - Fixed issue causing World Golden Ball award to be skewed towards South American players. - Text scaling preference option will now be saved after exiting the game. - Fixed issue preventing user from closing Fixtures & Results popup post-match. - Fixed issue causing Player Database to return incorrect results if user switched between Interest Levels. - Fixed issue forcing user to holiday past End of Season Team Meeting. - Staff Responsibilities has been made more accessible and easier to locate. - Selecting any carousel option besides the first on the 'Club Staff' now takes you to the correct view. - Career Stats will no longer display GK columns for outfield players. - Fixed issue preventing users to progress through UCL Squad Registration despite correct number of Homegrown players included. - Correct pronouns will now be used within ‘Ask Agent About Availability’ conversation. - Mental Attributes will now display correctly when set within the Staff Database tool. - Fixed issue where there was no way to tell which clubs were promoted/relegated via Season P _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3551340/view/615431029997437161]_