Visual Studio 18.5 lands with AI debugging at a price, devs still feeling blue

Visual Studio 2026 18.5 arrives with two headline changes – a smarter code suggestion system and an AI-powered debugger. Yet ...
Neowin

Microsoft will soon update Visual Studio via Windows Update

Microsoft is working on a new update mechanism for its flagship integrated development environment (IDE), Visual Studio. The company wants to start updating it via Windows Update. Did you know that ...
Visual Studio Magazine

WinForms Gets Some AI Love in Visual Studio February Update

The February 2026 feature update for the Visual Studio 2026 Stable Channel is labeled 18.3 and centers on AI-assisted workflows plus debugging, testing, and modernization updates. New additions ...
Visual Studio Magazine

At VSLive!, Mads Kristensen Lets 'the Cat out of the Bag' on Visual Studio 2027

At VSLive! Las Vegas, Mads Kristensen revealed Visual Studio 2027 as part of a broader shift toward AI-assisted development and a more continuous release cadence for Microsoft's flagship IDE.