Gemini 3.8 Flash Available in GitHub Copilot as of September 3, 2026 | Tool Update
Gemini 3.8 Flash is now selectable in Copilot clients for Pro, Business, and Enterprise users, with introductory pricing valid through December 31, 2026.
Published on MyPrivateClaw
Sep 5, 2026, 9:27 AM UTC
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Sep 3, 2026
Last updated
Sep 5, 2026, 9:27 AM UTC
News summary
The model is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users via the model picker in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Copilot CLI, JetBrains IDEs, Eclipse, and other supported clients, though rollout is gradual. Gemini 3.8 Flash supports a token context window of up to 1 million tokens input and produces output with a 64K token limit, and on the DeepSWE v1.1 benchmark for long horizon software engineering, it outperforms most larger frontier models. Copilot Enterprise and Business plan administrators can manage access through the model policy in Copilot settings, with new models enabled automatically under default model enablement unless explicitly disabled. Google also announced Gemini 3.8 Flash Cyber as a cybersecurity variant available to trusted defenders through the Fairwind Program, but it is not currently mentioned as available in GitHub Copilot. Gemini 3.8…