Announced at GitHub Universe 2024, Gemini 2.0 Flash is now available to all GitHub Copilot customers, including Copilot Free. The latest Gemini model from Google shows high capabilities for code suggestions, documentation, and explaining code.
Copilot Free or Pro users
You can start using the new Gemini 2.0 Flash model today via the model selector in Copilot Chat in Visual Studio Code and immersive chat on GitHub.com.
Copilot Business or Enterprise users
Copilot Business and Enterprise organization administrators will need to grant access to Gemini 2.0 Flash in Copilot via a new policy in Copilot settings. Once enabled, you will see the model selector in VS Code and chat on GitHub.com. You can confirm availability by checking individual Copilot settings and confirming the policy for Gemini 2.0 Flash is set to enabled.
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For additional information, check out the docs on Gemini 2.0 Flash in Copilot.
As of February 5, 2025, Dependabot no longer supports Python 3.8, which has reached its end-of-life. If you continue to use Python 3.8, Dependabot will not be able to create pull requests to update dependencies. If this affects you, we recommend updating to a supported release of Python. As of February 2025, Python 3.13 is the newest supported release.
View Python’s official documentation for more information about supported releases.
You can now view and iterate on generated files directly within Copilot chat on GitHub. File suggestions open in a side panel, making it faster than ever to preview and refine your generated code.
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