Allison covers the November 2025 updates for GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2026, highlighting new Copilot actions, cloud agent previews, and smarter search features for developers.

GitHub Copilot and Visual Studio 2026: November Update

Allison presents the latest release news for Visual Studio 2026 and describes new ways GitHub Copilot supports developers:

Highlights

Visual Studio 2026 General Availability:
- The newest version of Visual Studio is available here. It includes improved performance, updated UX, and enhanced AI-assisted workflows.
GitHub Copilot Cloud Agent (Public Preview):
- Developers can delegate repetitive coding tasks directly from Visual Studio. By enabling ‘Copilot Coding Agent (Preview)’ in settings, users offload tasks such as UI cleanup, refactoring, documentation updates, and multi-file edits while focusing on core development work.
Copilot Actions in Context Menu:
- Access new quick actions within Visual Studio’s context menu to generate code comments, explanations, and optimizations with a single click.
Intent Detection for Search:
- Copilot now analyzes file search terms, detects typos or fuzzy queries, and recommends likely matches to improve navigation and file discovery.

Explore more about these features in the Visual Studio blog or read the latest release notes.

What’s Next

The Visual Studio team will provide more updates in January. For ongoing news, feature roadmap announcements, and to join the community, check the Visual Studio Hub.

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