Build Announcements

Visual Assist 2026.4 release post

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June 30, 2026
The first thing you do with Visual Assist is install it. The first thing you do with it on a project is wait for it to parse. VA 2026.4 makes both smoother. Download it now. This is a smaller build between larger ones — a few bigger efforts are running in parallel, shaped by your feedback on recent updates. In the meantime, 2026.4 refreshes the installer, smooths out the initial parse, and…
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AI Coding Tools for C++ Teams: What Leaves Your Machine in 2026

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May 27, 2026
AI coding tools are now part of the conversation in almost every software organization. Sometimes the push comes from developers experimenting on their own. Sometimes it comes from management asking teams to ship faster without increasing headcount. Either way, the discussion quickly runs into the same wall: trust. What leaves the machine? Who can access it? What gets logged, retained, indexed…
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C++26 Reflection: What It Actually Changes for Large Codebases

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May 1, 2026
Reflection landed in C++26 last year, GCC trunk and the Bloomberg-maintained Clang fork already implement most of it. Many conference talks is making it sound like it’s the most important thing to happen to the language in a generation. If you ship production C++ on MSVC, the more useful question is what reflection actually changes about the code you write, and when you’ll be able to…
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Visual Assist 2026.3 release post

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April 3, 2026
Visual Assist 2026.3: Expanding AI Workflows & Improving Performance AI in IDEs is evolving quickly, but for many the hype might feel artificial. For most C++ developers, the question isn’t “can AI write code?” — it’s: “how can I fit this…
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Meet Whole Tomato’s new AI Assistant: Instant Answers for Visual Assist Users

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March 4, 2026
Visual Assist knows your time is valuable and it’s better spent on coding or thinking. When you encounter a question about Visual Studio C++ or Visual Assist, it’s important to quickly get that answer so you can stay locked in. Whether it’s on how a feature works, how to configure it for your setup, or what your VA license covers — the last thing you want is to dig through pages of…
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