Release date: July 8, 2026.
Headline features:
- Multi-chat agent sessions: Claude agent-host sessions in the Agents window support parallel related chats — compare approaches, fork from earlier turns, send turns concurrently. Each chat keeps own history, title, and model selection.
- Copilot browser tools GA for paid subscribers (enabled by default).
- Copilot Vision for images and PDFs in chat.
- OS-level keyboard shortcuts to summon Agents window.
- Quick chats without opening a workspace folder (agent-host only).
- Experimental BYOK (bring your own key) support.
Claude agent-host powered by Anthropic Claude Agent SDK directly in VS Code.