# GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, July 2026 releases > Source: > Published: 2026-07-30 08:00:00+00:00 # GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, July 2026 releases This changelog covers VS Code [v1.127 through v1.131](https://aka.ms/VSCode/Release), shipped throughout July 2026. These releases improve how you work with agents, review changes, use chat, and navigate VS Code. They also add new browser, accessibility, and dictation features. [Agents window improvements](#agents-window-improvements) The Agents window, currently in public preview, adds a redesigned layout, faster review workflows, and improvements for managing multiple sessions. **Review code alongside chat:** The editor panel has a new design. Open files and diffs next to your conversation. A shared tab bar keeps everything in one place.**Review changes faster:** See the addition and deletion counts for each file, use a more compact diff view, and switch between inline and side-by-side diffs.**Use worktrees with any harness:** Start Copilot, Claude, or Codex sessions in a Git worktree, so each session can work in an isolated copy of your repository.**Start a quick chat:** Ask a question without opening a workspace. Quick chats stay separate from your project sessions.**Group and reorder sessions:** Group related sessions and reorder the list by dragging items, groups, and workspace headers.**Track running subagents:** See each subagent’s model, elapsed time, and active tool call, then open its conversation without losing the parent conversation.**Handle pull request updates from chat:** Act on failed CI checks and new review comments from a banner above the chat input. [Multi-chat sessions](#multi-chat-sessions) You can now keep related conversations in one session. This makes it easier to compare ideas, split up work, and explore other approaches and work in parallel. **Multi-chat support for Claude:** A single agent session can now hold multiple related chats, each with its own history, title, and model, instead of just one linear conversation.**Fork into a peer chat:** Explore a different approach from any point in your conversation. The new peer chat keeps the original context, so you don’t have to repeat it.**Close, reopen, and delete chats:** Hide a chat from its tab, bring it back from the Conversations dropdown, or remove it for good from the tab menu.**Keyboard-driven navigation:** Create, switch, reopen, and close chats without leaving the keyboard, with shortcuts scoped to the Agents window. [Chat and model updates](#chat-and-model-updates) Chat now shows more information about your conversations and gives you more control over the models you use. **Add images and PDFs to chat:** Copilot vision is now generally available. Paste a file, drag it into chat, or add it from the context menu.**Check your AI credit usage:** Copilot Business and Enterprise users can see their total credit usage for the current billing cycle in the Copilot status menu.**Use BYOK models in the Agents window:** BYOK models have been available in the VS Code editor since the 1.99 (March 2025) release. Now you can also use them with the Copilot agent in the Agents window.**Run commands with the** Start a chat message with`!` prefix:`!` to run its contents as a terminal command in the Agents window. [Editor, terminal, and browser](#editor-terminal-and-browser) Editor, terminal, and browser updates improve navigation, customization, and everyday workflows across VS Code. **Modern UI preview:** Try the modernized VS Code user interface, available as an experimental feature in Stable and enabled by default in Insiders. Share your feedback with us.**Open files from** Select a file path in terminal diff output to open it directly. VS Code now recognizes Git-prefixed paths such as`git diff` :`i/` and`w/` .**Configurable browser tab placement:** Choose where integrated browser tabs open: the active group, a dedicated side group, or a separate window.**Use shortcuts when VS Code is in the background:** Create OS-level keyboard shortcuts that can run VS Code commands even when another app is in focus.**Migrate prompt files to skills:** Turn existing prompt files into reusable skills from the AI Customizations overview.**Switch editor type from the toolbar:** Quickly switch between different editor views, such as previewing a diff in the Markdown editor instead of the default diff view.**Edit Markdown with agents:** This experimental feature lets you view and edit Markdown files in place in the Agents window, and add comments that an agent can act on. [Accessibility and dictation](#accessibility-and-dictation) Accessibility updates bring built-in dictation and improved screen reader support for the integrated terminal. **Built-in dictation:** Enable the experimental`dictation.enabled` setting to use dictation in chat, the editor, and the integrated terminal.**Optional transcript cleanup:** Enable the experimental`dictation.experimental.llmCleanup` setting to let Copilot tidy your transcript as you speak by adding formatting and removing filler words.**Terminal screen reader control:** Keep the cursor in place in the terminal Accessible View as new output arrives, and read at your own pace without repeated interruptions. Browse the full release notes for [Visual Studio Code 1.127, 1.128, 1.129, 1.130, and 1.131](https://aka.ms/VSCode/Release) to explore everything that’s new. Download the latest version of [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com) and, as always, happy coding!