# Laravel Herd 1.24.2 — Version 1.24.2

- Product: Laravel Herd (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/laravel-herd)
- Vendor: Beyond Code
- Date: 2025-11-24
- Version: 1.24.2
- Original notes: https://herd.laravel.com/api/versions
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/laravel-herd/releases/1.24.2
- Labels: Platforms: macOS

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- **added** — Full support for PHP 8.5
- **added** — Manual theme switcher to control Herd's theme independent of OS preference
- **fixed** — Added the missing Herd PHP extension for Intel based Macs

New features
- Added full support for PHP 8.5
- We added a manual theme switcher, in case you want to control Herd's theme independent of your OS preference
Fixes and Improvements
- We added the missing Herd PHP extension for Intel based Macs