However, your computer is smart enough to detect which Blender is the most recent version. This is effectively the same as when you first downloaded the Blender software. So what is the easiest way of checking which version of blender you are currently using? Open up a new project in Blender and you will be greeted with the splash screen. There is no point in going to the Blender website to download the latest version of blender if you are already using it on your device. When you download the latest version, you will begin to use that version instead of the previously installed one. Updating the blender software is the same as downloading the software in the first place. This is how you would initially download Blender and how you would access any future versions of the software. If we go to the main Blender website,, we can download the latest version of the application by clicking on the blue button on the homepage, selecting our operating system, and then download the latest version. But then you watch a YouTube video of someone reviewing the latest version of the software, and you wonder if you have that version, or if you need to upgrade.

If you are relatively new to Blender, you will probably have already downloaded and begun using the software.

Newest version of blender