Second Life 1.9 is Live!

Just a reminder, per our earlier announcement, Second Life is currently down for upgrade to 1.9.

While you're waiting, please feel free to visit the below site for information about new features with 1.9, a fantastic FollowCam video made by our own Ben Linden, tips on updating and more!

http://secondlife.com/community/new-release.php

You can also download and install the upgraded client while you're waiting:

http://secondlife.com/community/downloads.php

Just posted an update about the release.

Due to the discovery of a rather nasty bug, we have pushed out our original estimated open time of 12:00pm SLT three hours until 3pm SLT. Thank you for your patience, if we have any further updates, we will be sure to post them here.

Second Life 1.9.0 is now open to all residents! A new viewer will be required to use Second Life!

Also, read the Release Notes.

Second Life 1.9.0 is now open to all residents! A new viewer will be required to use Second Life! Download it here: http://secondlife.com/community/downloads.php

Also, read the Release Notes.

Remember - when everyone attempts to login at once, the login may be slow - thank you in advance for your patience!

Per Karen's announcement , we are aware of the login problems with 1.9.0, and are investigating the issue now.

Thank you for your patience and please keep your eye here for more information.

Login should be back to normal, thanks for your patience today during the update and slow login following re-opening.