Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code development environment will move from monthly updates to a weekly release schedule, beginning with version 1.111, according to the development team.

Gotta go fast.

With the release of Visual Studio Code 1.111, Microsoft has moved its lightweight code editor to a weekly update schedule.

Latest VS Code update introduces prepackaged bundles of chat customizations that can include skills, commands, agents, MCP ...

Google also enables auto-approval of AI agents while their documentation warns against it Microsoft's Visual Studio Code (VS ...

VS Code's AI Toolkit Agent Builder can wire an agent to external tools via MCP, even for non-coding editorial workflows. Early friction points included circular UX flows, model availability mismatches ...

It's more than just a code editor.

Visual Studio Code 1.110 (February 2026) adds new agent extensibility, browser-driving chat tools, and expanded chat accessibility.

The new release allows using experimental agent plug-ins and the new Agent Debug Panel offers detailed insights into chat ...

Visual Studio Professional 2026 is a 64-bit integrated development environment (IDE) built to dive into big, complex projects.