Wan 2.6
Alibaba unveiled Wan 2.6 on 2025-12-17 as its latest hosted video model, via Model Studio and the Wan site (Wan 2.5 and 2.7 were also hosted-only).
Part of the closed, API-served Wan line after the open 2.1/2.2 releases; Wan 2.7 later introduced director-style editing and a 2-15 second window before Wan 3.0.
- Date
- Wednesday, 17 December 2025
- Lab
- Alibaba (Tongyi)
- Kind
- model
- Access
- closed API
Date is the Higgsfield launch-guide publication date. Alibaba's own Wan 2.5/2.6/2.7 announcements were not found, so those dates are unverified.
Sources
- higgsfield.ai/blog/WAN-2.6-by-Alibaba-User-Guide-on-Higgsfield
- www.alibabacloud.com/blog/wan2-7-vs--wan3-0-what-actually-changed_603504
- www.thaipr.net/?p=3677320
- www.producthunt.com/products/wan-2-2/launches/wan-2-6-8
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