Grok 4.5 is now available in GitHub Copilot
Quick Answer
Grok 4.5, xAI's latest reasoning model, is now available in GitHub Copilot, featuring a context window of 500,000 tokens and supporting text and image inputs.
Quick Take
It excels in terminal-based coding tasks, particularly in Visual Studio Code and Copilot CLI, and is accessible to various Copilot plans, though administrators must enable it in settings.
Key Points
- Grok 4.5 supports low, medium, and high reasoning efforts for complex workflows.
- Internal tests showed strong performance in terminal-based coding tasks.
- Available to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users.
- Gradual rollout; administrators must enable Grok 4.5 by default.
- Model selection available in multiple IDEs including Visual Studio and JetBrains.
Source Excerpt
Grok 4. 5, xAI’s latest reasoning model, is now rolling out in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for fast, agentic coding and complex multi-step workflows, with a context window of up…
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