Visual Studio Code 1.133 removes mandatory GitHub sign-in for Agents and adds easier AI model switching and sticky chat ...

New controls for model reasoning and Copilot code-review depth let developers decide how much AI effort a task warrants, with speed, depth and credit consumption all part of the tradeoff.

The first preview of Visual Studio 2026, with deeper GitHub Copilot AI integration, is available through Microsoft’s new Insiders channel. Microsoft has released its first preview of the Visual Studio ...

Developers in a social media thread repeatedly said GitHub Copilot feels more capable and reliable in Visual Studio Code than in full Visual Studio. Common Copilot-in-Visual-Studio complaints included ...

VS Code 1.105 also introduces a built-in MCP server marketplace and allows users to resume recent Copilot Chat sessions. Visual Studio Code 1.105, the latest release of Microsoft’s popular Visual ...

Let AI handle the tedious bits.

Visual Studio Code is moving to weekly releases. Microsoft will replace the long-standing monthly update cycle with smaller weekly updates, starting with version 1.111, to deliver features more ...

Visual Studio 2026 has Fluent UI and ships with 11 tinted themes. Source: Microsoft Dev Blogs Microsoft unveils Visual Studio 2026 with deeper AI integration, faster performance, and a refreshed ...

OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google all pushed major updates to their coding models, Cursor just crossed $1 billion in annual ...

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