February 2021
Welcome to the February 2021 release of Visual Studio Code. There are a number of updates in this version that we hope you will like, some of the key highlights include:
- Apple Silicon builds - VS Code is now available in stable for Apple Silicon.
- Accessibility improvements - Better word navigation on Windows and roles for views and buttons.
- Persistent terminal processes - Local terminal processes are restored on window reload.
- Product Icon Themes - Personalize your VS Code icon imagery with Product Icon Themes.
- Timeline view improvements - Compare changes across Git history timeline entries.
- Auto reload Notebooks - Notebooks automatically reload when their file changes on disk.
- Remote ports table view - Remote ports now shown in a table widget.
- Brackets extensions - Use Brackets keyboard shortcuts in VS Code.
- Troubleshooting extensions blog post - Learn to troubleshoot extensions using extension bisect.
If you'd like to read these release notes online, go to Updates on code.visualstudio.com.
Join us live at the VS Code team's livestream on Thursday, March 11 at 8am Pacific (4pm London) to see a demo of what's new in this release, and ask us questions live.
Insiders: Want to try new features as soon as possible? You can download the nightly Insiders build and try the latest updates as soon as they are available.