--- title: What's your favorite new GitHub Copilot feature? | daily.dev description: A GitHub employee shares their favorite recently shipped GitHub Copilot feature: the new native GitHub Copilot desktop app for Windows and Mac, released the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-your-favorite-new-github-copilot-feature--9cmuwhpc2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What's your favorite new GitHub Copilot feature? | daily.dev og:description: A GitHub employee shares their favorite recently shipped GitHub Copilot feature: the new native GitHub Copilot desktop app for Windows and Mac, released the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-your-favorite-new-github-copilot-feature--9cmuwhpc2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/9cmuWHPc2.png og:image:alt: What's your favorite new GitHub Copilot feature? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What's your favorite new GitHub Copilot feature? **[Microsoft Developer](https://daily.dev/sources/microsoftdeveloper)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A GitHub employee shares their favorite recently shipped GitHub Copilot feature: the new native GitHub Copilot desktop app for Windows and Mac, released the same day. The app supports agentic coding, working with GitHub issues and PRs, and running tasks in isolated work trees to avoid collisions. It also supports local and cloud automation, and the speaker notes surprising adoption even among non-developers, including all of GitHub's lawyers. The app can be downloaded from github.com/github/app. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the new GitHub Copilot app and what can it do? The GitHub Copilot app is a native desktop application for Windows and Mac that shipped with general availability. It lets users do agentic coding, work with GitHub issues and pull requests, and run tasks in separate work trees so nothing collides. It also supports automations that run locally or in the cloud. _Developers tracking new Copilot capabilities can follow release details like this on daily.dev._ ### Where can I download the GitHub Copilot app? The GitHub Copilot native desktop app for Windows and Mac can be downloaded from github.com/github/app. It became available to everyone on the day it shipped, giving users a native alternative to browser-based or editor-integrated Copilot access. _Anyone evaluating new AI coding tools can keep tabs on rollouts like this via daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [GitHub Copilot app is now available in technical preview](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-app-is-now-available-in-technical-preview-il6nmtnxx) · GitHub Changelog · 7 upvotes · 3 comments - [GitHub Copilot app: The agent-native desktop experience](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-app-the-agent-native-desktop-experience-wcmfud14a) · GitHub Blog · 2 upvotes · 2 comments - [GitHub Copilot app generally available](https://daily.dev/posts/github-copilot-app-generally-available-1artyaowf) · GitHub Changelog · 5 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#github](https://daily.dev/tags/github), [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-your-favorite-new-github-copilot-feature--9cmuwhpc2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What's your favorite new GitHub Copilot feature?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-your-favorite-new-github-copilot-feature--9cmuwhpc2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-your-favorite-new-github-copilot-feature--9cmuwhpc2"},"datePublished":"2026-09-11T16:25:00.990Z","dateModified":"2026-09-11T16:25:18.739Z","description":"A GitHub employee shares their favorite recently shipped GitHub Copilot feature: the new native GitHub Copilot desktop app for Windows and Mac, released the...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s3ZzQKsClr0/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s3ZzQKsClr0/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Microsoft Developer","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Microsoft Developer","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--xZzU3zUq--/f_auto/v1746714872/logos/microsoftdeveloper","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/microsoftdeveloper"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-your-favorite-new-github-copilot-feature--9cmuwhpc2","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"github,ai-coding","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"What's your favorite new GitHub Copilot feature?","description":"A GitHub employee shares their favorite recently shipped GitHub Copilot feature: the new native GitHub Copilot desktop app for Windows and Mac, released the...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/s3ZzQKsClr0/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-09-11T16:25:00.990Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/9cmuWHPc2","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/s3ZzQKsClr0"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Microsoft Developer","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/microsoftdeveloper"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What's your favorite new GitHub Copilot feature?"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/what-s-your-favorite-new-github-copilot-feature--9cmuwhpc2#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is the new GitHub Copilot app and what can it do?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The GitHub Copilot app is a native desktop application for Windows and Mac that shipped with general availability. 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