Visual Studio 2026 now available, 4 years since last release (opens in new tab)

Interesting that AI (well, copilot) appeared only in the bottom half of the list of features.

Earlier release notes: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/releases/2026... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45889494)

Wrong URL? What’s New for C++ Developers in Visual Studio 2026 version 18.0

Not really sure how I feel about it. It has some neat UI features (like CLI arguments in the toolbar) but I dislike the Windows 11 UI design and this is just... more of that. Plus it breaks existing themes