Important Updates for AP Coordinators for 2025-26

Chromebook Updates

If your school will use Chromebooks for the 2026 AP Exam administration, please note the following updates: 

Bluebook on Chromebooks

• To learn the latest about how Bluebook works on Chromebooks, visit the Bluebook website.

DAC App for Chromebooks

• If your school uses the DAC app for Chromebooks to record responses for AP French, German, Italian, Spanish Language and Culture, or AP Music Theory Exams and the 2025 app is already installed, you must uninstall it and install the 2026 app.
• All details will be in the AP Digital Audio Capture (DAC) App Overview for Chromebook, available in March.

Note: There aren't any changes for Chromebooks for AP Chinese and AP Japanese Exams. If you already installed the AP Chinese and AP Japanese exam application on Chromebooks for last year's exam administration, no updates are required aside from the standard readiness checks before exam day. 

Reference Information

For the 2026 fully digital and hybrid digital AP Exams that have relevant reference information, such as equation sheets and reference tables, the reference information will be printed and mailed to schools in addition to being available in Bluebook in the test preview and on exam day. Learn more.

Scratch Paper

For the 2026 AP Exam administration, proctors will initially distribute the same number of pieces of scratch paper (2) for all digital AP Exams—there’s no longer a difference between the number to be distributed for fully digital and hybrid digital AP Exams. See the Exam Day Procedures section in the 2025-26 AP Coordinator’s Manual, Part 2 for details.

Desmos Calculators

All 2026 AP Exams that allow or require the use of calculators—including AP Statistics—will now have the appropriate built-in Desmos calculator in Bluebook. Depending on the exam, this may include graphing, scientific, and/or 4-function (basic). These Desmos updates will also be available in AP Classroom. Note: The AP calculator policies about the types of calculators allowed and how they can and can’t be used aren’t changing. Review details at AP Exams Calculator Policy.

AP Latin 

Beginning in 2025-26, AP Latin will include two in-class checkpoint tasks as part of the course project. Teachers will enter students’ checkpoint scores in the AP Digital Portfolio.

2026 AP Capstone Fee Update

Beginning in 2025-26, the exam fee for AP Capstone™ courses (AP Seminar and AP Research) is the same as all other AP Exams: $99 per exam at schools in the U.S., U.S. territories, and Canada, and all DoDEA schools; $129 per exam at schools everywhere else. Review all fee information at AP Exam Fees.