Across the April 8 and April 15, 2026 releases, Visual Studio Code expanded its agent-focused tooling with a new companion app, better terminal interaction, session debugging and more built-in Copilot ...

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 1.100 adds support for instructions and prompt files for Copilot Chat and speeds up edits in agent mode and in Next Edit Suggestions. Visual Studio Code 1.100, the latest release of ...

CodeRabbit has released a new integration that brings its AI-based code review system directly into Visual Studio Code, along with support for the Cursor and Windsurf IDEs. The extension allows ...

JetBrains's AI Assistant is no longer limited to its own IDEs. It is now available as an extension for VS Code. JetBrains has now made its AI Assistant available as an extension for Microsoft's ...

Amazon introduced a Nova Act extension to build and test AI agents directly inside integrated development environments including Visual Studio Code, Amazon’s Kiro, and Cursor. The company says the new ...

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 ...

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Microsoft has rolled out the latest update to its flagship integrated development environment, Visual Studio 2022 v17.13, introducing new AI-powered features, including GitHub Copilot Free. This ...