GitHub Copilot App Launches as Agent-Native Desktop Experience at Build 2026

Summary

GitHub launched the Copilot App in technical preview at Microsoft Build 2026 — a standalone desktop application for Windows, Mac, and Linux that serves as a centralized dashboard for managing AI coding agents and their work across connected repositories. Unlike the in-IDE Copilot integration, the Copilot App gives engineers a unified view of active agent sessions, background automations, open pull requests, and issues in progress — treating the agent's ongoing work as the primary interface rathe