In this video, we explore several improvements across the editor experience, including Agents Window, Chat Customizations Evaluations extension, Thinking Effort in Copilot for CLI, Remote Control for Copilot CLI and our new VS Code Learn content available at: https://aka.ms/VSCode/Learn. 

This is just a small sample of what shipped, so be sure to check out the full release notes: https://aka.ms/vscode/release

🔎 Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:07 VS Code Agents Window
01:02 Chat Customizations Evaluations extension
01:50 Thinking Effort in Copilot CLI
02:06 Remote Control for Copilot CLI
02:30 Learn Visual Studio Code
03:17 In Summary

🔗 Links:
Release notes: https://aka.ms/VSCode/release
Agent Window: https://aka.ms/agent-window
VS Code Learn: https://aka.ms/VSCode/Learn

🎙️ Featuring: Reynald Adolphe (@ReynaldAdolphe)

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VS Code April 2026 release highlights include the new Agents Window (now in preview as a companion app for agent-first development workflows), a chat customizations evaluations extension for analyzing and optimizing prompt files and custom agents, configurable thinking effort in Copilot CLI, remote control for Copilot CLI sessions via github.com or GitHub mobile, and a new Learn section on the VS Code docs site with introductory courses on agent foundations and customization.

VS Code Release Highlights - April 2026