MAI-Code-1.1-Flash Arrives in GitHub Copilot; MAI-Code-1-Flash Retires September 10

GitHub announced on August 11, 2026 that MAI-Code-1.1-Flash is available in Copilot, at a 73% lower list price than MAI-Code-1-Flash and a 0.25x premium request multiplier for annual subscribers. Business and Enterprise admins must enable it — the policy is off by default. The previous model retires September 10.

GitHub-Copilot MAI-Code coding developer-tools pricing

GitHub announced in an August 11, 2026 changelog that the coding model MAI-Code-1.1-Flash is available in GitHub Copilot ¹. Building on MAI-Code-1-Flash, it adds native vision support for image understanding and delivers improvements across coding quality, instruction following, tool use, and performance, according to GitHub ¹. It carries a 73% lower list price than MAI-Code-1-Flash, and for annual GitHub Copilot subscribers the model is charged at a 0.25× premium request multiplier ¹. Copilot Free and Student users get it through auto model selection, while Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise SKUs can also select it manually — though Enterprise and Business administrators must enable the policy in Copilot settings, and it is off by default ¹.

The same day, GitHub announced that the previous MAI-Code-1-Flash will be deprecated on September 10, 2026 ². The company asks users to update their workflows and integrations to the new model before that date ². After the deprecation date the older model disappears automatically, with no manual removal required ².