Is Qwen4 out yet? Release date and what we know
Not out yet, and no release date announced. Alibaba has said the words out loud, in a Hugging Face README describing Qwen3.8-Flash-Next as a preview of the architecture behind Qwen4. That's the entire public record.
- Status
- Announced
- Lab
- Alibaba
- Price and context window
- Not published
What we've written about Qwen4
September 23, 2026
Qwen models explained: Qwen3.8 Max, Flash and 27B, open weights vs API, with release dates
Alibaba put its Max-class Qwen out as open weights for the first time, and skipped open weights for Qwen3.7 entirely.
What is Qwen4?
Qwen4 is a model from Alibaba, built in China. The lab has said it's coming. You can't use it yet.
When is Qwen4 coming?
No date. Alibaba hasn't given one, so we haven't made one up.
More from Alibaba
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Qwen3.8-Flash
- in /1M
- $0.15
- out /1M
- $0.47
- context
- 1M
AlibabaLive
Qwen3.8-27B
No price or context window published yet
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Qwen3.8-Max
- in /1M
- $2
- out /1M
- $6
- context
- 1M
AlibabaLive
Qwen3.7-Plus
- in /1M
- $0.40
- out /1M
- $1.60
- context
- 1M
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