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Track the latest updates and features for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio

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GitHub Copilot What's New

Preview upcoming features and recent releases

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GitHub Changelog (Copilot)

All Copilot-related changelog entries

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Visual Studio Blog

GitHub Copilot posts and announcements

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VS Code Updates

Monthly Visual Studio Code release notes

Changelog Timeline

January 2026 • GitHub Changelog ↗

Visual Studio 2026 January Update

  • • Colorized code completions for better readability
  • • Partial acceptance - click to accept only part of a suggestion
  • • Productivity improvements across the IDE
November 2025 • GitHub Changelog ↗

Visual Studio 2026 GA

  • • Visual Studio 2026 generally available
  • • GitHub cloud agent in public preview
  • • Copilot actions in context menu
October 2025 • GitHub Changelog ↗

VS Code Universe Update

  • • OpenAI Codex integration for Copilot Pro+
  • • Agent Sessions view for managing local and cloud agents
  • • Context-isolated sub-agents for focused tasks
September 2025 • GitHub Changelog ↗

Visual Studio September Update

  • • Profiler and .NET Modernization agents
  • • Enhanced MCP interactions
  • • Smarter context awareness
August 2025 • GitHub Changelog ↗

MCP Generally Available

  • • Model Context Protocol support is now GA in VS 17.14
  • • One-click MCP server installation
  • • Smarter C++ completions
May 2025 • GitHub Blog ↗

Coding Agent Announcement

  • • New coding agent embedded directly into GitHub
  • • Agent spins up secure development environments via GitHub Actions
  • • Pushes commits to draft pull requests automatically
March 2025 • GitHub Changelog ↗

VS Code February Release (v0.25)

  • • Agent mode improvements
  • • Next Edit Suggestions GA
  • • Custom instructions GA
February 2025 • GitHub Changelog ↗

VS Code January Release (v0.24)

  • • Vision preview - attach images to chat
  • • Agent mode preview
  • • Next Edit Suggestions preview
  • • Prompt files support
January 2025 • Visual Studio Blog ↗

GitHub Copilot Free Announced

  • • Free tier for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio
  • • 2000 completions and 50 chat messages per month
  • • No credit card required
December 2024 • Visual Studio Blog ↗

GitHub Copilot Free Launch

  • • Copilot Free officially launched
  • • Code Referencing for transparency
  • • Available to all GitHub users
November 2024 • Visual Studio Code ↗

GitHub Universe 2024

  • • Copilot Edits for multi-file editing
  • • Intent Detection
  • • Model Selection
  • • Code Reviews in VS Code
March 2022 • GitHub Blog ↗

Copilot for Visual Studio 2022

  • • GitHub Copilot first available for Visual Studio 2022
  • • Technical preview launch

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