{"slug": "claude-sonnet-5-5-in-github-copilot", "title": "Claude Sonnet 5.5 in GitHub Copilot", "summary": "Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 5.5 is now generally available in GitHub Copilot, GitHub announced, with early testing showing it matches Claude Sonnet 5 on coding tasks while using significantly fewer steps, tokens, and tool calls and finishing tasks noticeably faster. The model is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users across Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Copilot CLI, the GitHub Copilot coding agent, the GitHub Copilot app, github.com, GitHub Mobile on iOS and Android, JetBrains IDEs, Xcode, and Eclipse, with gradual rollout and provider list pricing under usage-based billing. Copilot Enterprise and Copilot Business administrators can manage access through the model policy in Copilot settings, where new models are automatically enabled unless an administrator has turned off the global default or explicitly disables the model.", "body_md": "# Claude Sonnet 5.5 in GitHub Copilot\n\nClaude Sonnet 5.5, Anthropic’s newest Sonnet model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for well-scoped everyday work like building features and fixing bugs. In our early testing, Sonnet 5.5 stood out for its efficiency, matching Claude Sonnet 5 on coding tasks while using significantly fewer steps, tokens, and tool calls. It also finished tasks noticeably faster.\n\nThis model is billed at provider list pricing under usage-based billing. See [Models and pricing for GitHub Copilot](https://docs.github.com/copilot/reference/copilot-billing/models-and-pricing) for details.\n\n### [Availability in GitHub Copilot](#availability-in-github-copilot)\n\nClaude Sonnet 5.5 is available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users. You can select the model in the model picker in:\n\n- Visual Studio Code\n- Visual Studio\n- Copilot CLI\n- GitHub Copilot coding agent\n- GitHub Copilot app\n- github.com\n- GitHub Mobile on iOS and Android\n- JetBrains IDEs\n- Xcode\n- Eclipse\n\nRollout will be gradual. Check back soon if you don’t see it yet.\n\n### [Enabling access](#enabling-access)\n\nCopilot Enterprise and Copilot Business plan administrators can manage access to Claude Sonnet 5.5 through the model policy in Copilot settings. Under default model enablement, new models are automatically enabled unless an administrator has turned off the global default or explicitly disables this model.\n\n### [Learn more](#learn-more)\n\nTo explore all models available in GitHub Copilot, see our [documentation on models](https://docs.github.com/copilot/reference/ai-models/supported-models) and get started with Copilot.\n\n### [Share your feedback](#share-your-feedback)\n\nJoin the [GitHub Community](https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/categories/copilot-conversations) to share your feedback.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-sonnet-5-5-in-github-copilot", "canonical_source": "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-09-28-claude-sonnet-5-5-in-github-copilot", "published_at": "2026-09-28 18:03:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-28 18:50:25.217057+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-products", "developer-tools", "large-language-models", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Anthropic", "Claude Sonnet 5.5", "GitHub Copilot", "GitHub", "Visual Studio Code", "Copilot CLI", "JetBrains", "Xcode"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-sonnet-5-5-in-github-copilot", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-sonnet-5-5-in-github-copilot.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-sonnet-5-5-in-github-copilot.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/claude-sonnet-5-5-in-github-copilot.jsonld"}}