Developers building voice assistants that also see and hear get wide language coverage, but it is API-only with unconfirmed pricing.
Kenning's take
What it does
Qwen3.5-Omni is Alibaba's omnimodal model, released at the end of March 2026 in Plus, Flash and Light sizes. It processes text, images, audio and video at once and can answer in speech, with speech recognition across 113 languages and dialects and speech output in 36 languages. The flagship Plus supports 256,000 tokens of context; the model is offered through Alibaba's API rather than as open weights.
- Text, image, audio and video input
- Speech recognition in 113 languages and dialects
- Speech output in 36 languages
- 256K context on Plus
- Plus, Flash and Light sizes
Who it suits. Developers building voice and video assistants that need one model for all inputs.
Key facts
- Category
- AI models
- Part of
- Qwen
- Made by
- Alibaba (Qwen team)
- Based in
- China
- Launched
- 2026
- How to get it
- Alibaba Cloud API; demos on Qwen Chat
- Works on
- API, Web
Reviews and write-ups
- eWeek 2026-04-01
FAQ
When was Qwen3.5-Omni released?
Alibaba released it in the week before 1 April 2026, according to eWeek.
How many languages does Qwen3.5-Omni understand?
Speech recognition covers 113 languages and dialects, and it can speak 36 languages.
Is Qwen3.5-Omni open source?
It is offered through Alibaba's API rather than as open weights.
Facts from the maker's own pages and the sources listed. Checked 2026-10-11.
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