Compatibility record
Does GitHub Copilot support Live web search?
GitHub Copilot Chat can search the web with Bing on Free, Pro, Pro Plus, Business, and Enterprise when Copilot access to Bing is enabled by the user or organization policy.
What this state means
Supported with conditions, with the qualification kept attached.
Individuals enable Copilot access to Bing in Copilot settings (disabled by default). Organization/enterprise administrators can enable or disable Bing web search by policy.
Retrieves current public-web information during a session rather than relying only on model training data.
URL fetching and indexed search are recorded separately from autonomous visual browser interaction.
Researcher note
Path A: docs.github.com individual policy page + github.blog Individual web-search changelog (independent hosts/segments). Free maps to Copilot Individual/Free in product seed.
Evidence
Primary records behind the answer.
- 01
Managing GitHub Copilot policies as an individual subscriber
“If you enable this setting, Copilot Chat will use Bing to search the internet for information related to a question.”
- 02
Web search in GitHub Copilot Chat now available for Copilot Individual
“GitHub Copilot Chat in VS Code, Visual Studio, and GitHub.com now supports web search”