The number: 77% — how much faster agents finished UI tasks using Android CLI’s preview command, in Google’s internal testing
Android Studio Rabbit 2 makes Bring Your Own Agent stable
Android Developers Blog · 28 Oct 2026 — Over 40 ACP-compatible agents, including Claude Agent, run in the IDE; Android CLI ships as a plugin for Claude Code and Codex.
Copilot gets sign-in-once MCP connectors
GitHub Changelog · 28 Oct 2026 — 26 verified connectors, including Slack, Figma, Notion and Sentry, in public preview on all Copilot plans.
Claude API adds server-side Message Threads
Anthropic release notes · 2 Nov 2026 — Send system prompt and tools once, then only new turns; threads expire five minutes after the last request.
So what: Agents are becoming interchangeable parts plugged into open protocols, so the IDE and the integrations matter more than which agent you pick. The open question is whether teams actually switch agents once switching is cheap.
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