Grok 4.6 is now available in GitHub Copilot

UpdateAug 14, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

Grok 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. In our internal testing, Grok 4.6 showed strong results across terminal-based coding tasks in Visual Studio Code and Copilot CLI.

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