GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio — August update

The August 2025 update to Visual Studio brings a smarter Copilot, MCP general availability, and more control.

Highlights

Here’s what’s new with GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio 2022 (v17.14):

• GPT-5 model support: Use GPT-5 to leverage more powerful, accurate, and context-aware code suggestions and chat experiences directly in Visual Studio.

• MCP support is now generally available: Connect your entire stack with MCP. Get started with one-click server installation and secure integrated sign in.

• Smarter Copilot Chat with better context: Access a smarter Copilot Chat that retrieves your most relevant code snippets and understands your Git history

• Bring your own model: Connect your own models to Visual Studio Chat using API keys from OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic.

• Sign up with Google: Sign up for GitHub Copilot directly from Visual Studio — now with your Google account.

• Greater control over Copilot suggestions: Choose when Copilot completions should appear, decide when to access next edit suggestions, and accept completions partially word-by-word or line-by-line.

Download Visual Studio to experience all the new Copilot features today. To learn more about what’s new, check out the Visual Studio blog and release notes.

Next in Visual Studio Copilot

Here’s a sneak peek of what’s coming next for Copilot in Visual Studio:

• New modes for Debugging and Profiling
• Enhanced agent mode performance and functionality
• MCP prompt, resources, sampling, and registry support
• Copilot-powered all-in-one search

And this is just a small sample of upcoming improvements. Explore our full roadmap for all the upcoming features and share your feedback with us!