Gemini 3.5 Flash Now Generally Available in GitHub Copilot Across All Major IDEs
GitHub (Microsoft)
GitHub Copilot added Gemini 3.5 Flash as a generally available model on May 19, accessible to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise users across VS Code (≥1.115.0), Visual Studio (≥17.14.22), JetBrains, Xcode, and Eclipse. Positioned for fast, iterative agentic coding workflows with near-Pro coding quality at Flash speed and cost.
Why it matters
The same Gemini 3.5 Flash released at I/O is available in every major IDE via Copilot on the same day — developers get the new model without switching tools
Importance: 2/5
Day-one Gemini 3.5 Flash availability across all major IDEs via GitHub Copilot — broadest IDE distribution of the new Google model