Microsoft unleashes VS Code 1.117 with custom AI model support and fluid chat animations

Ready to supercharge your workflow? Microsoft just made VS Code more flexible than ever with local model support and a ...
Visual Studio Magazine

VS Code Updates Boost AI Agents, Terminal Control and Copilot Workflow

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 ...
WinBuzzer

VS Code 1.116 Ships Built-in Copilot, Agent Debug Tools

Microsoft has embedded GitHub Copilot as a default VS Code extension in version 1.116, adding agent debug logging, terminal ...
ZDNet

Why I'm switching to VS Code. Hint: It's all about AI tool integration

Well, I guess it had to happen. I used profanity and pejoratively scolded an AI. I'm not proud. You could say I did it to myself, and that is true. But I did this for you, so please read on. Let's ...
InfoWorld

Visual Studio Code 1.115 introduces VS Code Agents app

Preview of new companion app allows developers to run multiple agent sessions in parallel across multiple repos and iterate on human and agent reviews. Visual Studio Code 1.115, the latest release of ...