Copilot CLI remote control has been fully launched—your phone can step in on local tasks at any time

AIMPACT News: On May 20 (UTC+8), according to Dongcha Beating monitoring, GitHub announced that the Copilot CLI remote control feature has been fully rolled out on mobile and web. From now on, AI tasks that users initiate by typing commands in a local terminal, VS Code, or JetBrains will have their execution screens and status streamed to the mobile app in real time. This directly changes how long-running tasks are executed. When the system automatically performs code generation or refactoring in the background, users can completely leave their desks. Once Copilot reaches a point where it needs to confirm permissions or request input parameters, it will push the request to the GitHub Mobile App. Users can view the plan it is about to execute on their phones and directly tap to approve, force abort, or queue the next instruction.

This update completely removes the physical restriction of being tied to a hosted repository. Even if users operate a purely local directory that is not linked to GitHub at all, they can still view task progress in the dedicated agent panel on the web. For enterprise users whose access is restricted by security policies, this cross-device takeover capability is frozen by default; it can only be activated after the system administrator enables the relevant policies in the backend.

(Source: BlockBeats)