xAI · Grok Imagine line · image & video
Grok Imagine Video 1.5 was released by xAI on June 16, 2026, as an image & video model in the Grok Imagine line.
xAI's video model that turns a still image into a clip with sound effects, ambience and dialogue generated in the same pass; a July 31 update added text-to-video, reference-to-video and native 1080p.
Compared with Grok Imagine 1.0 · the model it replaces
Scores higher than Grok Imagine 1.0 in blind comparisons of videos made from a photo
Arena Image-to-Video — people pick the better clip without knowing the model
1456
▲ 720p · up from 1415 for grok-imagine-video · +41 Elo · #8 on Arena, Sep 2026
Costs twice as much per second of 720p video as Grok Imagine 1.0
Price per second of video — xAI API list price
$0.14 / second
720p · up from $0.07 for grok-imagine-video · 480p $0.08, 1080p $0.25
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Grok Imagine Image 2.0 is the current model in this line. The card shows how long it has been since the last release against the line's usual gap and its recent ones — the rhythm, not a date.
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