What’s New for C++ Developers in Visual Studio 2026 (18.7 – 18.10)

This blog post recaps the changes in Visual Studio 2026 from versions 18.7 to 18.10, highlighting improvements for C++ developers, including new tools and bug fixes.

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Over the past few months, we have continued shipping monthly Visual Studio 2026 releases, delivering improvements across all stages of the development cycle. In this blog post, we’ll recap everything that changed from version 18.7 through 18.10 (released this month) that is relevant for C++ developers. This includes new tools for maintaining and navigating C++ projects, along with Git, GitHub Copilot, and debugging improvements that support the way large native codebases are built.

Some headlines include the GitHub Copilot modernization experience (now generally available) to guide you through MSVC upgrades, a deeper semantic index to accelerate code navigation, discoverable MSVC Build Tools versions across installations, and support for Git worktrees and submodules directly in the…

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