Visual Assist 2026.5 is our biggest release yet. It expands two things we believe developers increasingly need help with: checking code across a large solution, and deciding where and when to use AI.
The headline of this release is project-wide code inspections, which extends Visual Assist’s Code Inspections beyond the file you’re working in. Select projects (or the entire solution)…
AI Coding Assistants for Large C++ Codebases: What Works, What Breaks, and How to Split the Work
July 13, 2026
AI Coding Assistants for Large C++ Codebases: What Works, What Breaks, and How to Split the Work
AI tools are everywhere. They’re in your phone, your car, your office, and it even made its way into software development. It’s being pushed as a do-it-all solution…
How to Set Up a Fully Local AI in Visual Studio
May 19, 2026
VA Intelligence is Visual Assist’s local AI feature. It runs Gemma3 on your GPU through Ollama, both bundled and managed by Visual Assist itself. No API keys, no cloud round-trip, no telemetry pipeline waiting to be audited by your security team.
By the end of this…
Visual Assist 2026.3 release post
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 into the way I already work?”
With Visual Assist 2026.3, we’re continuing to explore that question by introducing…
Visual Assist 2025.4 release post
October 22, 2025
TL;DR
Visual Assist 2025.4 brings one of the platform’s largest updates to-date with 60+ new C++ code inspections focused on safety, a redesigned user experience for core navigation and refactoring features, and the introduction of VA Intelligence, a new local AI-powered…
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