Copilot now meets developers where they work
GitHub has extended Copilot beyond code editors, making Copilot Chat and related features available as a preview in github.com for Individual and Business plan subscribers. The expansion means Copilot can tap into the full context of a repository, including pull requests, issues, and Actions workflows, to provide more relevant assistance across the entire development lifecycle rather than just while writing code.
With this rollout, Copilot now spans the IDE, Visual Studio Code, browser, and mobile for all Copilot users. In the browser-based GitHub interface, it functions less as a code suggester and more as a project-aware assistant that reasons over entire codebases, conversations among team members, and ongoing workflows.
Digging in with heavy-lifting models
For questions that require deeper reasoning or time-intensive analysis, you can switch into immersive mode within Copilot Chat, or navigate directly to github.com/copilot. From there, an OpenAI o1 model is available to power more complex conversations. The default ChatGPT-4o model handles routine jobs well—explaining pull request diffs or generating standard code patterns—but o1-preview or o1-mini are better suited for advanced tasks like building intricate algorithms or tracking down performance bugs. Access to these models for immersive mode is available via a waitlist.
Available today
Baking Copilot into the GitHub web experience puts AI assistance directly into the places where you troubleshoot and collaborate with your team, not just where you edit files. With the growing ecosystem of GitHub Copilot Extensions in public beta, you can also fold in third-party and internal developer tools to keep workflows uninterrupted.
As with all GitHub betas, these features are governed by the pre-release terms. Feedback can be submitted through the GitHub Community.
