GitHub has made remote control for Copilot sessions generally available on both GitHub.com and GitHub Mobile, allowing developers to start a coding session on their local machine (via VS Code or the command line) and continue it from their phone or any other device. This removes the friction of being tied to a single workstation when using AI-assisted code generation.

The feature maintains the context and state of a development session across devices, meaning a developer can begin working on a coding problem at their desk and pick it up seamlessly from a mobile device without losing their place or session state.

What This Means for Your Business

For remote and distributed development teams, this increases flexibility in how engineers work and reduces setup friction when switching between locations or devices. Teams that already use Copilot will see productivity gains from the ability to stay in their coding flow regardless of physical location. For companies evaluating AI development tools, this feature maturity suggests GitHub is moving toward making AI-assisted coding a seamless, location-agnostic capability rather than a feature tied to specific tools.