VLC 4.0 sneak peek: a look at its work-in-progress new interface

Last week, we mentioned that the extremely popular open source video player VLC is getting a brand-new interface in its upcoming 4.0 release, expected to debut later this year. VLC 4.0 isn't ready for prime time use yet-but because the program is open source, adventurous users can grab nightly builds of it to take a peek at what's coming. The screenshots we're about to show come from the nightly build released last Friday-20210212-0431.

VLC is an incredibly popular application, so any major user interface overhaul like this is sure to lead to a lot of bikeshedding.