MiniMax H3 Debuts 2K AI Video With Native Audio, Promises Open Weights
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MiniMax H3 Debuts 2K AI Video With Native Audio, Promises Open Weights
MiniMax, a Shanghai company listed in Hong Kong, released H3 on July 31, 2026, a video generation model producing 15-second clips at 2K resolution with native stereo audio.
H3 supports an Omni-reference feature accepting up to nine images, three videos, and three audio tracks as combined inputs for a single generation.
MiniMax announced open weights for H3 but the weights are not yet downloadable, only announced.
Pricing is set at 0.8 yuan per second of generated video, positioned by the article against rival video model pricing.
The article references early independent tests of H3 and cites three underlying technologies MiniMax claims power the model, alongside its prior Hailuo 3 release.