The first preview of Visual Studio 2026, with deeper GitHub Copilot AI integration, is available through Microsoft’s new ...

The current release provides Agent Mode with a new level of security and allows automatic selection of a language model in Copilot Chat.

Microsoft is signaling a shift in its AI priorities, favoring Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4 over OpenAI's GPT-5 models in its flagship developer tool, Visual Studio Code.