# Football Manager 26 FM26 Update 26.1.0 Out Now

- Product: Football Manager 26 (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/football-manager-26)
- Vendor: Sports Interactive
- Date: 2025-12-08
- Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3551340/view/510724876254840331
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/football-manager-26/releases/2025-12-08-fm26-update-26.1.0-out-now

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- **added** — Matchday Shouts feature
- **changed** — Match Engine with various improvements
- **changed** — User Interface with extensive polish and refinement
- **added** — Fully customisable attribute colouring
- **changed** — Transfers with various tweaks and improvements
- **added** — Ability to schedule friendlies for Youth teams
- **changed** — Various Competitions and Rules
- **changed** — News shown on the 'For You' News tab with improvements
- **added** — Functionality to import and export attribute templates in the In Game Editor
- **added** — Arabic language support

Following a successful rollout of the update via the Steam Public Beta Track, we’re pleased to confirm that Football Manager 26 update 26.1.0 is now available on Steam, Epic, and Microsoft Store.

This major update brings the most substantial number of changes, bug fixes, and feature introductions so far this cycle, with an emphasis on enhancing immersion and player experience. Shouts are back, the Match Engine has been fine-tuned, and we’ve made tweaks to the variety and relevance of the News shown in the Portal.

And for the very first time in the series, Football Manager is now available to play in Arabic.

Some of the highlights of update 26.1.0 are as follows:

- Matchday Shouts

- Updated Match Engine with various improvements

- Extensive polish and refinement done to the User Interface

- Fully customisable attribute colouring

- Various tweaks and improvements to transfers

- Added ability to schedule friendlies for Youth teams

- Updated various Competitions and Rules

- Improvements to the News shown on the ‘For You’ News tab

- Functionality to import/export attribute templates on the In Game Editor

For queries about how to update on these platforms, 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.

You can find the changelist, (https://community.sports-interactive.com/forums/topic/598974-fm26-update-2610-out-now/).