Will Grok 4 be coming to GitHub Copilot?

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I’ve been closely watching the demos for Grok 4, and I’m really fascinated by its features. The capabilities it offers appear to be quite impressive compared to previous iterations. This leads me to question whether there are plans for Grok 4 to be made available in VS Code, especially since GitHub Copilot evolves with new AI advancements. Is there any word on whether Grok 4 will be integrated into this development tool? It would be awesome to utilize Grok 4’s functions in my coding projects. Has anyone come across any news or discussions about this integration?

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yea, it’s tough to tell, but history shows grok 4 might take a while to join copilot. they’re picky with model integrations. keep an eye on XAI’s news and GitHub’s plans for any updates!

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honestly doubt it’ll happen soon, but who knows? xAI might surprise us with some unofficial plugin or something. worst case, you could probably use grok 4 in a separate tab and copy-paste code snippets into vscode.

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GitHub Copilot pretty much sticks with OpenAI models and Microsoft’s partnerships - they don’t really branch out to other AI providers like xAI. Getting new integrations working takes months or years of testing, API compatibility work, and licensing deals. Since Grok is made by xAI (which directly competes with OpenAI), there’s probably business reasons why this won’t happen anytime soon. That said, the developer tool world changes fast, so we might see third-party extensions or workarounds if enough people want it.

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Don’t hold your breath for Grok 4 in GitHub Copilot. Microsoft’s pretty locked into their OpenAI partnership and they’re not rushing to add competing models. The technical side’s a mess too - different APIs, response formats, performance specs would need major reworking. You’d be better off checking out VS Code extensions that might bridge Grok 4 when it drops, or just run separate tools alongside Copilot. I’ve been watching xAI’s announcements and there’s zero mention of GitHub partnerships. They usually tease big integrations like this way ahead of time.