Gemini 3.8 Flash arrives in GitHub Copilot, strong on terminal coding tasks
mariorod1 · x · 2026-09-05
GitHub rolled out Google's Gemini 3.8 Flash in GitHub Copilot for Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users.
- Early testing shows it performs strongly on complex terminal-based coding tasks, with rigorous validation and persistent recovery from actionable failures.
- It's billed at introductory provider pricing under usage-based billing through December 31, 2026.
- Available across VS Code, Visual Studio, Copilot CLI, the cloud agent, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse, with gradual rollout; admins can control enablement via model policy.
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