Experimental feature allows users to get a second opinion from a complementary model on the primary agent’s work.

Microsoft has released the March 2025 (version 1.99) update for Visual Studio Code. It introduces lots of new features including accessibility improvements. Some of the big updates in this update ...

The July 2025 update to Visual Studio Code, taking it to version 1.103, adds support for chat checkpoints, allowing developers to restore their workspace and conversation to earlier states during AI ...

Visual Studio 2026 version 18.9 adds adjustable AI reasoning, organization-wide agents, Git worktrees and integrated submodule management.

For the last few years, Visual Studio Code has delivered new major updates each month. Now, those updates will arrive once a week, and the first weekly update has some helpful changes to AI agents.

Visual Studio Code 1.132 adds local multilingual dictation, side chats, browser element feedback, and experimental rendered Markdown diffs.