{"slug": "grok-4-6-is-now-available-in-github-copilot", "title": "Grok 4.6 is now available in GitHub Copilot", "summary": "GitHub Copilot is rolling out Grok 4.6, xAI's latest reasoning model designed for agentic coding and complex multi-step workflows, available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise SKUs. The model, billed at provider list pricing under usage-based billing, showed strong results in internal testing on terminal-based coding tasks in Visual Studio Code and Copilot CLI, with gradual rollout across multiple IDEs including Visual Studio, JetBrains, Xcode, and Eclipse.", "body_md": "# Grok 4.6 is now available in GitHub Copilot\n\nGrok 4.6, xAI’s latest reasoning model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for agentic coding and complex multi-step workflows.\n\nIn our internal testing, Grok 4.6 showed strong results across terminal-based coding tasks in Visual Studio Code and Copilot CLI. It performed especially well on longer-horizon tasks requiring sustained reasoning and tool use, making it a strong fit for complex coding workflows.\n\nThis model is billed at provider list pricing under usage-based billing. See [GitHub Copilot’s pricing for models and requests](https://docs.github.com/copilot/reference/copilot-billing/models-and-pricing) for details.\n\n[Availability in GitHub Copilot](#availability-in-github-copilot)\n\nGrok 4.6 will be available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise SKUs.\n\nYou’ll be able to select the model in the model picker in:\n\n- Visual Studio Code\n- Visual Studio\n- Copilot CLI\n- GitHub Copilot cloud agent\n- GitHub Copilot app\n- JetBrains\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 must enable the Grok 4.6 policy in Copilot settings. The policy is off by default.\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/grok-4-6-is-now-available-in-github-copilot", "canonical_source": "https://github.blog/changelog/2026-08-14-grok-4-6-is-now-available-in-github-copilot", "published_at": "2026-08-14 16:17:46+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-17 16:44:24.778362+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "large-language-models", "ai-products", "developer-tools"], "entities": ["GitHub Copilot", "Grok 4.6", "xAI", "Visual Studio Code", "Copilot CLI", "Visual Studio", "JetBrains", "Xcode"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/grok-4-6-is-now-available-in-github-copilot", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/grok-4-6-is-now-available-in-github-copilot.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/grok-4-6-is-now-available-in-github-copilot.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/grok-4-6-is-now-available-in-github-copilot.jsonld"}}