Announcement·Feb 23, 2026
Unity's render pipeline strategy for 2026
URP becomes the focus; HDRP goes to maintenance; Built-In is deprecated.
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UnityUnity laid out a multi-year rendering consolidation: invest heavily in URP as the go-forward pipeline, move HDRP into maintenance mode, and begin deprecating the legacy Built-In Render Pipeline. It's high-stakes planning for any studio, and URP is also gaining real-time global illumination for dynamic and procedural worlds.
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