July 16th, 2026 MSFS Weekly Briefing

Weekly Recap

Public testing of Sim Update 6 continues with a new beta build (1.8.8.0) today. You can find the full release notes for this build on our forums here . As always, we highly encourage everyone participating in the beta to vote in our surveys at this link . If you are not enrolled in the public beta but would like to join, you can find instructions here . The SU6 beta is available on PC (Windows Store), PC (Steam), XBOX Series X|S, and PlayStation 5.

Yesterday, we were thrilled to welcome developers from iniBuilds and Synaptic Simulations for a special preview livestream of their highly-anticipated A220 Airliner! If you weren’t able to watch the broadcast live on Twitch, we’ve updated the VOD for on-demand viewing to our YouTube channel here:

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