{"slug": "take-your-local-github-sessions-anywhere", "title": "Take your local GitHub sessions anywhere", "summary": "GitHub has announced the general availability of remote control for GitHub Copilot CLI sessions, allowing developers to start work in VS Code or the CLI and continue it from their phone via the GitHub Mobile app or web. This feature enables real-time monitoring, mid-session instruction changes, and full workflow completion—including creating and merging pull requests—from any device. Remote control maintains full privacy, with sessions visible only to the user, and works with any repository or directory.", "body_md": "Download or update GitHub Mobile today from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store to get started.\nTake your local GitHub sessions anywhere\nKick off work in VS Code or the CLI, finish it from your phone. Remote control for GitHub Copilot sessions is now generally available on github.com and GitHub Mobile.\nThe best GitHub Copilot workflows don’t happen one–thing–at–a time. You might have an agent refactoring a module in VS Code, another debugging tests in the CLI, and a third scaffolding a new feature in the background.\nManaging all of that used to only be possible from your desk. The moment you stepped away from your laptop, you lost visibility into every session you had running.\nNow, developers can take their GitHub Copilot agent anywhere, with remote control for GitHub Copilot CLI sessions, now generally available on github.com and the GitHub Mobile app. We’re also introducing remote control in VS Code and JetBrains IDE, making GitHub Copilot truly multi-surface and available across any device.\nHow it works\nStart a Copilot session in VS Code or the CLI, take it on the go with /remote on\n. Your session will be available on github.com and the GitHub Mobile app. Developers will experience one continuous workflow across CLI, VS Code, web, and mobile. Remote control works with any repository as well as directories without repositories, so you can take your work on the go, regardless of set up.\nMonitor in real time\nOpen your session on any device to track progress as it happens. See exactly what Copilot is doing in real time, from the plans it’s researching, files it’s reading, the changes it’s making, to the commands it’s running.\nChange course mid-flight\nSend additional instructions to a running session from anywhere using natural language. If an agent is heading in the wrong direction, you can send a follow-up to redirect it. Or you can tell your agent to expand scope while a task is in progress. Approve or deny permission requests and manage your sessions on the go.\nComplete the full workflow, from anywhere\nRemote control enables a complete developer workflow once a session is sent to the web or GitHub Mobile app. For example, using Copilot CLI you could:\n/plan\nand scaffold with Copilot CLI./remote on\nto monitor progress in the GitHub Mobile app or web.- Steer the session with follow-up instructions.\n- Review the implementation plan and proposed changes.\n- Create and review a pull request, right from your phone.\n- Merge and move on.\n/remote on\nbrings everything together, removing the pain of switching surfaces.\nPrivate by default\nYour sessions are only visible to you. Remote control maintains full privacy; no one else can see or access your sessions.\nGet started\nRemote control is more than a convenience feature. It’s another step toward an end-to-end agentic platform.\nInstall GitHub Copilot CLI to get started in the CLI.\nOr, if you’re already using the latest version of GitHub Copilot CLI or GitHub Copilot in VS Code, there’s nothing new to install. Start a session as you normally would, then use /remote on\nto send it to the web or mobile.\nTo learn more and for more detailed instructions, view our remote control documentation for CLI, VS Code, and JetBrains.\nTags:\nWritten by\nRelated posts\nBuilding a general-purpose accessibility agent—and what we learned in the process\nLearn about the experimental general-purpose accessibility agent that GitHub is piloting.\nGitHub availability report: April 2026\nIn April, we experienced 10 incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.\nGitHub Copilot individual plans: Introducing flex allotments in Pro and Pro+, and a new Max plan\nStarting June 1, our lineup of individual plans will update based on your feedback.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/take-your-local-github-sessions-anywhere", "canonical_source": "https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/take-your-local-github-sessions-anywhere/", "published_at": "2026-05-18 16:54:53+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-18 17:02:51.896758+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools", "artificial-intelligence", "products", "enterprise-software", "cloud-computing"], "entities": ["GitHub", "GitHub Mobile", "VS Code", "GitHub Copilot", "Apple App Store", "Google Play Store", "JetBrains", "Copilot CLI"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/take-your-local-github-sessions-anywhere", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/take-your-local-github-sessions-anywhere.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/take-your-local-github-sessions-anywhere.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/take-your-local-github-sessions-anywhere.jsonld"}}