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Wan 2.6

Alibaba · Wan line · video

Released December 16, 2025Replaced by Wan 2.7

Wan 2.6 was released by Alibaba on December 16, 2025, as a video model in the Wan line.

  • Release 2 of 4 in the Wan line.
  • Came 83 days after Wan2.5-Preview, released Sep 24, 2025.
  • Replaced by Wan 2.7 on April 3, 2026, 108 days later.
  • These days the line ships a new model about every 108 days.

What changed

Adds reference-to-video, so creators can appear in clips with their own look and voice, plus multi-shot videos up to 15 seconds; offered through Alibaba Cloud Model Studio and the Wan website, with no downloadable weights.

Sources: Alibaba Cloud · Hugging Face

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Wan 3.0 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.

Wan

Alibaba · video line

Latest: Wan 3.0 · Aug 24, 2026

Mid-cycle61 days since the last release · usual gap 108 days

Doubles the maximum clip length to 30 seconds in a single pass, accepts documents (PDF, PPT, DOC) as input alongside text, image, audio and video, and improves face realism and reference consistency.

What changed in Wan 3.0 →
Days since last release
61
days
Usual gap
108
days
Recent gaps
Wan 3.0 · Aug 2026
143
Wan 2.7 · Apr 2026
108
Wan 2.6 · Dec 2025
83

Every Wan release

Newest first. See the full line with every card →

  1. Aug 24, 2026Wan 3.0
  2. Apr 3, 2026Wan 2.7
  3. Dec 16, 2025Wan 2.6 · this page
  4. Sep 24, 2025Wan2.5-Preview