What changed in MiniMax Hailuo, 2025 to 2026

MiniMax Hailuo: 6 dated entries from 11 February 2025 to 31 August 2026 and 1 undated row, naming 6 versions from Hailuo Director to MiniMax H3 Max. Apart from new models, most concern a faster or lighter tier and clip length or extension. As of 2026-09-25.

Fig. 1 A long bar means a detailed log, not necessarily a faster-moving model.

Entries per model line, read 2026-09-25.
Line	Entries
Adobe Firefly Video	7
Amazon Nova Reel	5
Gemini Omni	5
Google Veo	15
Grok Imagine	4
HappyHorse	6
Kling AI	37
LTX	16
Luma Ray	9
Midjourney video	4
MiniMax Hailuo	7
PixVerse	20
Runway	31
Seedance	16
Sora	4
Vidu	7
Wan	26

Inclusion rule. All seventeen lines on the register, each with its count of dated entries and version rows. Order. Alphabetical by line.

1What the notes say

MiniMax's model release notes give one entry per Hailuo generation: the Director models for camera instructions in February 2025, Hailuo 02 with 1080p and 10-second clips in June 2025, Hailuo 2.3 with a 2.3 Fast tier in October 2025, and MiniMax H3 on 31 July 2026. Five days after H3, Runway's developer API added a model it names MiniMax Hailuo 3.0, a name MiniMax's own notes do not use; Higgsfield added an H3 Max variant at the end of August.

2Every entry

Fig. 2 One dot per named version, placed at its first dated entry.

Every MiniMax Hailuo entry, oldest first.
Date	Version	What changed	Source
11 February 2025	Hailuo Director	The Director models follow camera movement instructions more closely	Maker's note
18 June 2025	Hailuo 02	Hailuo 02 generates 1080p and clips of up to 10 seconds	Maker's note
28 October 2025	Hailuo 2.3	Hailuo 2.3 and a 2.3 Fast tier, with body movement, faces and physics named as the gains	Maker's note
31 July 2026	MiniMax H3	MiniMax H3 reads text, image, video and audio together as creative context	Maker's note
5 August 2026	Hailuo 3.0	Runway's developer API adds a model it names MiniMax Hailuo 3.0	Arrival on Runway
31 August 2026	MiniMax H3 Max	MiniMax H3 Max, a variant tuned for prompt adherence, on Higgsfield	Arrival on Higgsfield
Undated tier row	MiniMax H3	SceneMixer's tier list carries MiniMax H3 and an H3 Fast tier, each up to 15 seconds a clip	Tier list on SceneMixer

Inclusion rule. All entries on the register for this line: the maker's notes, platform arrivals and undated rows. Order. By date, oldest first; undated rows last.

3Each entry with its source

T2V-01-Director / I2V-01-Director
The Director models follow camera movement instructions more closelyMiniMax, model release notes / since 2025-02-11 / checked 2026-09-25
MiniMax-Hailuo-02
Hailuo 02 generates 1080p and clips of up to 10 secondsMiniMax, model release notes / since 2025-06-18 / checked 2026-09-25
MiniMax-Hailuo-2.3 & 2.3-Fast
Hailuo 2.3 and a 2.3 Fast tier, with body movement, faces and physics named as the gainsMiniMax, model release notes / since 2025-10-28 / checked 2026-09-25
MiniMax H3
MiniMax H3 reads text, image, video and audio together as creative contextMiniMax, model release notes / since 2026-07-31 / checked 2026-09-25
MiniMax Hailuo 3.0
Runway's developer API adds a model it names MiniMax Hailuo 3.0Runway, changelog / since 2026-08-05 / checked 2026-09-25
MiniMax H3 Max
MiniMax H3 Max, a variant tuned for prompt adherence, on HiggsfieldHiggsfield, changelog / since 2026-08-31 / checked 2026-09-25
Video tiers table
SceneMixer's tier list carries MiniMax H3 and an H3 Fast tier, each up to 15 seconds a clipSceneMixer, pricing page / recorded 2026-09-25

4Versions

Hailuo Director: 1 entry, from 11 February 2025
Hailuo 02: 1 entry, from 18 June 2025
Hailuo 2.3: 1 entry, from 28 October 2025
MiniMax H3: 2 entries, from 31 July 2026
Hailuo 3.0: 1 entry, from 5 August 2026
MiniMax H3 Max: 1 entry, from 31 August 2026

5Kinds of change

6Latest dated entry

31 August 2026, MiniMax H3 Max: MiniMax H3 Max, a variant tuned for prompt adherence, on Higgsfield.

a post-trained variant of MiniMax H3 tuned for prompt adherence and aesthetics.
Higgsfield, changelog

7Neighbouring lines

8Notes read

MiniMax, model release notes, read 2026-09-25
Runway, changelog, read 2026-09-25
Higgsfield, changelog, read 2026-09-25
SceneMixer, pricing page, read 2026-09-25

How entries are chosen and sorted: the method.