The January 2026 update has arrived.

Visual Studio 2026 includes GitHub Copilot functionality built into the IDE, while third-party AI coding assistants remain available through the Visual Studio Marketplace. Using Marketplace install ...

Microsoft outlines new AI reliability, agentic coding, and Copilot improvements coming to Visual Studio 2026, with a focus on ...

In VS Code chat, AI agents can now ask follow-up questions and generate Mermaid diagrams, and Anthropic Claude models show ...

Microsoft is preparing to make remote AI agents a native part of Visual Studio, marking a key evolution in how developers interact with GitHub Copilot and the IDE's AI-assisted features. According to ...

Touted as an “AI-native intelligent development environment,” Visual Studio 2026 features performance and user experience improvements in addition to AI-powered debugging, profiling, and more. Visual ...

Perhaps a little less focus on AI would help as well? Microsoft says "reliability is the priority" for AI in Visual Studio – ...

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 ...

Microsoft Visual Studio 2026 Arrives With ‘AI Woven Into Workflow’ Your email has been sent First major visual studio upgrade in five years AI, performance, and ...

Microsoft-owned GitHub continues to embrace OpenAI and Anthropic AI advances.