Gemini 4 Argon in GitHub Copilot
Quick Answer
Gemini 4 Argon, Google's latest model, is now available in GitHub Copilot, outperforming previous versions on all coding benchmarks, particularly in Copilot CLI.
Quick Take
It is accessible to Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users, with usage-based billing.
Key Points
- Gemini 4 Argon excels in complex coding and reasoning tasks.
- It solved more tasks than previous Gemini models across all benchmarks.
- Available for Copilot Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users.
- Gradual rollout; check availability in your Copilot settings.
- Administrators can manage access through model policy settings.
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~1 min readGemini 4 Argon, Google’s newest frontier model, is now generally available in GitHub Copilot. It is designed for complex coding, agentic, and reasoning tasks. In early testing, Gemini 4 Argon solved more tasks than previous Gemini models on every coding benchmark, with its largest gains in Copilot CLI. It also thoroughly checks its work, testing edge cases before it finishes.
This model is billed at provider list pricing under usage-based billing. See Models and pricing for GitHub Copilot for details.
Availability in GitHub Copilot
Gemini 4 Argon is available to Copilot Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users. You can select the model in the model picker in:
- Visual Studio Code
- Visual Studio
- Copilot CLI
- GitHub Copilot coding agent
- GitHub Copilot app
- JetBrains IDEs
- Xcode
- Eclipse
Rollout will be gradual. Check back soon if you don’t see it yet.
Enabling access
Copilot Enterprise and Copilot Business plan administrators can manage access to Gemini 4 Argon 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.
Learn more
To explore all models available in GitHub Copilot, see our documentation on models and get started with Copilot.
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— Originally published at github.blog
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