The key highlights include:
Profiles - Active profile badge, quickly switch profiles via the Command Palette.
Accessibility improvements - New audio cues, improved terminal screen reader mode.
Moveable Explorer view - Place the Explorer in the secondary side bar or a panel.
Notebook kernel MRU list - Find and select recently used notebook kernels.
Markdown header link suggestions - Easily link to headers in files across your workspace.
Remote Development usability - New keyboard shortcut, streamlined remote options list.
New Git/GitHub topics - Articles for beginner and advanced Git source control users.
Improved Marketplace search - Better results for multi-word queries.
Jupyter IPyWidgets 8 support - Use the latest IPyWidgets version in your Jupyter notebooks.
Python pytest IntelliSense - Completions for pytest fixtures and parameterized arguments.
The new version of the editor can be downloaded here.