But that's exactly what that setting is for: no updates.

There are update notifications on our blog, twitter, github, etc.

@joaomoreno I guess I misunderstood the update.channel: "none", However by default vscode ships with settings to "update.channel":"default", but it never showed me the update notification, hence I changed it to none later, but still never got update.

On learning that there is a newer version available I tried to find an option within vscode to update it or check, but there is no such feature available.

If we are expecting people to only stay updated via blogs. twitter..... for updates then we lack an important feature (atleast that's what I feel about it).

Your call.

Danke

However by default vscode ships with settings to "update.channel":"default", but it never showed me the update notification

Then, that's the bug.

Are you behind a proxy?

Hello @joaomoreno: No I am not.

Then something is odd. You definitely should get update notifications.

Try downloading an older version: https://az764295.vo.msecnd.net/stable/653f8733dd5a5c43d66d7168b4701f94d72b62e5/VSCode-darwin-stable.zip

Then, wait a minute and check whether you get an update notification.

Below is the fix for this issue:
#7426 (comment)

@joaomoreno Adding the resolution below, just in case someone like me come here looking for it: