Guest Control: Implemented ability to wait for and/or reboot the guest when updating Guest Additions via VBoxManage.Guest Control: Implemented initial support for automatic updating of Guest Additions for Linux guests.This is the default for newly created VMs. When the “default” driver is selected, the best audio backend option for a platform will be used. Audio: Added “default” host driver type to make it possible to move VMs (appliances) between different platforms without the need of changing the audio driver explicitly.Audio recording: Now using Vorbis as the default audio format for WebM containers.Linux and macOS use native engine while for Windows host it is separately implemented. GUI: Improved theme support on all platforms.GUI: Adding new notification center unifying most of running progresses and error reporting around the GUI.GUI: Added a new help viewer widget which enables the user manual to be navigated and searched.

GUI: Reworked the new vm wizard to integrate the unattended guest OS installation and to have a more streamlined work flow.

GUI: Added a new utility similar to “top” or “resource monitor” which lists peformance statistics (CPU usage, RAM usage, disk I/O rate, etc.) of running guests.

OCI: Cloud networks can now be configured via Network Manager tool same way as it is done for Host-only and NAT networks.

OCI: Cloud virtual machines can be added to Virtual Machine Manager and controlled as local VMs.

Virtual machines can be fully encrypted now, including the VM config logs and saved states (CLI only for now).

The following features were added to version 7.0: so some things may not work as expected for now. Please be aware that, as noted by Oracle in its official release notes for the update, this is still a beta feature under development.

Since the release of the first Apple Silicon-powered Macs, support has rolled out from various parties, including Parallels Desktop and VMWare Fusion. The M1 and M2 Macs have proven to be a challenge when it comes to running virtual machines, especially Windows virtual machines.

The popular free virtualization software lets users run virtual machines on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Oracle released VirtualBox 7.0, which not only brings multiple new features and enhancements but also adds beta support for Apple Silicon Macs for the first time.

Virtualbox on m1