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GitHub Copilot adds Gemini 3.8 Flash

GitHub has made Google’s Gemini 3.8 Flash available in GitHub Copilot. GitHub says its early testing showed strong results on complex terminal-based coding tasks.

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Key points

  1. Gemini 3.8 Flash is now available as a model option inside GitHub Copilot.
  2. GitHub reports promising early results for complex terminal-based coding tasks.

Why it matters

The addition gives Copilot users another model option for coding workflows, including terminal-oriented tasks, although GitHub’s reported testing has not been independently verified here.

What to watch

Availability by Copilot plan, usage multipliers and independent comparisons on real repositories will determine whether users should change their default model.

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