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2- Research MilestoneApr 17, 2026
Released as successor to Qwen 3.5 with emphasis on local deployment and agentic coding on consumer hardware
View source - Product LaunchMar 31, 2026
Teased imminent release of the next major version of the Qwen open-source LLM series.
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3Alibaba Makes Qwen 3.6 Plus API-Only, Shifts Frontier Model to Paid Access
~Alibaba has moved its most capable Qwen 3.6 Plus model to API-only access, while keeping the smaller Qwen 3.6 free. This aligns the company's strategy
85 relevanceQwen 3.6 Released: Free, Open-Weights Model for Local AI Coding
+Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen 3.6, an open-weights AI model for local deployment. This provides a free, private alternative to ID-verified models
100 relevanceAlibaba's Qwen Team Teases Qwen 3.6 Model, Signaling Major Open-Source LLM Update
+Alibaba's Qwen team has teased the imminent release of Qwen 3.6, the next major version of its open-source large language model series. This follows t
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| Week | Avg Sentiment | Mentions |
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| 2026-W14 | 0.70 | 1 |
| 2026-W16 | 0.35 | 2 |