The application includes a collaborative workspace called canvas where developers can brainstorm ideas, refine requirements, generate plans, and iterate on projects alongside AI, it said.
It also has new Agent Merge and code review features that enable developers to automate Copilot to combine tasks of different agents to complete a specific goal or conduct autonomous code reviews according to set standards, it said.
These new features could reduce context switching, increase engineering efficiency, and accelerate delivery cycles, said Phil Fersht, CEO of HFS Research.
Shift in pricing justified?
However, despite the new features, much of the conversation among developers in recent weeks has centered on a different topic: this week’s shift to a usage-based billing model for GitHub Copilot that it announced in April.