Work on version 4.0 is nearly complete, the stable release is expected in the coming months. Early previews of the new VLC 4.0 interfaceThe new version will also focus more on playing videos from the Internet, relying on extensions to find third-party content. The team is also working on a version of VLC that will work inside the browser (based on WebAssembly). Security will also be a major focal point for the 4.0 release. Early VLC 4.0 previewsJean-Baptiste Kempf, the VideoLAN foundation Presiden, is mulling an ad-supported video service (similar to the one Plex started in 2019) as a way to support the project.

Source: The Nation February 12, 2021 21:02 UTC