NI Software Roadmaps

NI is committed to sharing long-term software investment plans and ensuring the decisions we make are aligned to your needs and priorities. This page shows details of upcoming feature releases for the next few years and will be updated once per quarter.

NI LabVIEW

Release Cadence: Q1 and Q3

The LabVIEW roadmap is focused on improving developer efficiency by enhancing project management and deployment, expanding integration capabilities with other languages, and reinforcing security.

✓ = When we expect to deliver the capability. Dates are subject to change.

Capabilities Status 2024 2025+

Project Management

  

  

  

Improvements in LabVIEW project dependency management

Released    

Q1

Ability to maintain projects in older versions

Released    

Q1

Enhancement in diff functionality for Git integration

Released

Q3

PPL: build, load, and deployment time improvements 

In Development

CI/CD workflows: integration with Git source code management

Backlog

Ability to upgrade legacy Windows installers to NIPM packages

Backlog

User Interface

Improvements in the areas of breakpoints, probes, and run-time error reporting

In Development

Interoperability

Initial support for calling .NET Core assemblies (.NET 8)

Released

Q3

Full datatype and functionality support for .NET Core assemblies (.NET 8)

In Development

Security

Updating third-party dependencies

In Development

Internal improvements in response to increased global security standards

In Development

Data communication additions (IPv6 support)

Backlog

NI TestStand

Release Cadence: Q4

The TestStand roadmap is focused on delivering open, flexible development that works seamlessly with modern continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes and secure platforms.

✓ = When we expect to deliver the capability. Dates are subject to change.

Capabilities Status 2024 2025+

Interoperability

  

  

  

Support for Python virtual environments

Released

Q4

Support for calling .NET Core assemblies (.NET 8) 

Released

Q4

.NET Core (.NET 8) support in TestStand UI, tools, and utilities

In Development

Support for Python Anaconda distribution

Backlog

Remote procedure call steps

Backlog

Native Python API for TestStand

Backlog

Modern, Secure, Cross-Platform Environment

Modern operator interface

In Development

Deployment of test sequences on Linux desktop

Backlog

Development of test sequences on Linux desktop

Backlog

Test Development Efficiency 

CI/CD workflows: integration with Git source code management

In Development

Easily create test sequence variants for device under test (DUT)    

Backlog

NI FlexLogger

Release Cadence: Quarterly

The FlexLogger™ software roadmap is focused on streamlining the development and deployment of custom measurement and control plug-ins, simplifying integrated test automation, and expanding core measurement configuration and logging capabilities.

✓ = When we expect to deliver the capability. Dates are subject to change.

Capabilities Status 2024 2025+

Interoperability

  

Support for new USB multifunction DAQ devices (NI mioDAQ)

Released

Q3

Simplified hardware connections with the Hardware Configuration Utility

Released

Q4

Simplify development and debugging of measurement and control plug-ins1

In Development

Support for new NI Ethernet and USB CompactDAQ systems, C Series modules, and PXIe modules

In Development

Encrypt logged data and communications

Backlog

Automation

Automate validation tests using FlexLogger with NI LabVIEW1

Released

Q4

Automate validation tests using FlexLogger with NI TestStand1

In Development

Automatically or manually change the logging rate during a test1

Backlog

Enhance and expand automated event conditions1

Backlog

Automate lifecycle and durability tests without leaving FlexLogger1

Backlog

Workflow Enhancements

Free FlexLogger Lite edition: fast, out-of-the-box software for logging and monitoring DAQ measurements    

Released

Q2

Improvements in project and application load performance

Released

Q3

Import/export channel configurations from a spreadsheet1

Backlog

Enhance and expand live calculated channels1

Backlog

1 Available as part of FlexLogger Professional

NI InstrumentStudio

Release Cadence: Quarterly

The InstrumentStudio™ software roadmap is focused on continuing to expand into a one-stop electronics test and validation environment to simplify and connect workflows from instrument bring up to automated test.

✓ = When we expect to deliver the capability. Dates are subject to change.

Capabilities Status 2024 2025+

Panels

  

Instrument panel for SCPI scopes1

Released

Q4

Support for NI-DAQmx instruments

In Development

Improved data logging

Backlog

Wizard to add any SCPI instruments1

Backlog

Improved system configuration

Backlog

Remote-control support1

Backlog

Customization

NI LabVIEW VISA gRPC driver APIs

Released  

Q1

Simplified session management API

Released

Q1

Run and create measurement plug-ins1

Released

Q3

Publish and share custom measurements1

Released

Q3

Improved channel alias and pin map options

Released

Q3

Additional datatypes and controls

In Development

C# measurement plug-in SDK

Backlog

Automation

Sequencing for measurement plug-ins1

Released

Q3

Sequencing for DMM panel1

Released

Q4

Sequencing for DC power, scope, and FGen panels1

In Development

Sweeping for measurement plug-ins and instrument panels1

In Development

Sequencing for SCPI panel1

Backlog

Sequencing for RF panels1

Backlog

Streamlined sequence creation1

Backlog

Improved parallelism support1

Backlog

1 Available as part of InstrumentStudio Professional

NI DIAdem

Release Cadence: Q2 and Q4

The DIAdem roadmap is focused on enhancing the user workflow by improving features across the DIAdem modules, building out integration capabilities with NI SystemLink, and enhancing Python support, as well as keeping up with evolving industry standards. 

✓ = When we expect to deliver the capability. Dates are subject to change.

Capabilities Status 2024 2025+

Interoperability

  

REPORT: 2DTable ‘OnDrawingCell’ settings

Released

Q2

Display absolute/relative value in pie chart

Released  

Q2

Axis unit symbol consistency update

Released  

Q4

SystemLink Enterprise client: load and save query

Released  

Q4

VIEW/REPORT: module usability updates

In Development 

ASAM ODS 6 performance improvement

In Development 

Python 3.13 support

In Development 

Support for Python virtual environments

In Development 

Conversion bar in BusLog converter

Backlog

SystemLink Enterprise client features

Backlog

NI VeriStand

Release Cadence: Quarterly

The VeriStand roadmap is focused on improving interoperability with other tools and environments, like NI TestStand, MathWorks® Simulink® software, and Synopsys Silver® software, and enabling customers to leverage modern DevOps practices within HIL.

✓ = When we expect to deliver the capability. Dates are subject to change.

Capabilities Status 2024 2025+

Interoperability

  

Import/run virtual ECUs within VeriStand

Released

Q1

FMI 3.0-compliant model support

Released  

Q1

HDL Coder customization with the NI LabVIEW FPGA Module

Released  

Q3

Improved debug and diagnostics for VeriStand execution

In Development

Connectivity with MathWorks® Simulink® Test™

Backlog

Deployment workflow for Linux desktop

Backlog

Generative AI software development workflow features

Backlog

Automation and Visualization

TestStand steps integration

In Development

Updated custom device scripting

In Development

Data integration with NI SystemLink 

Backlog  

User Experience

Simplified system setup and test configuration

In Development

Improvements to meet security standards

In Development

Improvements to the plug-in development experience

In Development

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