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What each AI video model's release notes say changed

Kling AI and start, end or middle frames: the dated notes

5 Kling AI entries on start, end or middle frames, 31 March 2025 to 7 May 2026, across Kling 1.6, Kling 2.1 and Kling 2.5 Turbo. The latest: multi-shot videos can have set first and last frames. As of 2026-09-25.

Entries on frames per line, this one markedA count of entries, which follows how often a maker writes notes.Entries on frames per line, this one markedKling AI55Runway55Google Veo33PixVerse33Wan33Adobe Firefly Video22Gemini Omni22Luma Ray22HappyHorse11LTX11Midjourney video11MiniMax Hailuo11Seedance11Vidu11
Fig. 1 A count of entries, which follows how often a maker writes notes.
Entries on start, end or middle frames per line, read 2026-09-25.
LineEntries
Adobe Firefly Video2
Gemini Omni2
Google Veo3
HappyHorse1
Kling AI5
LTX1
Luma Ray2
Midjourney video1
MiniMax Hailuo1
PixVerse3
Runway5
Seedance1
Vidu1
Wan3

Inclusion rule. Lines with at least one entry of this kind. Order. Alphabetical by line.

Kling AI has 5 entries on start, end or middle frames in the register, the first of them dated 31 March 2025.

1The entries

31 March 2025, Kling 1.6

V1.6 model supports generating videos from end frame

Kling AI, API updates
  • 03/31/2025
    Kling 1.6 can generate from an end frameKling AI, API updates / since 2025-03-31 / checked 2026-09-25

5 September 2025, Kling 2.1

New Feature: V2.1 supports start/end frame Supports generating 5s or 10s video, Only supports PRO mode.

Kling AI, API updates
  • 09/05/2025
    Kling 2.1 takes a start and an end frame, in pro mode onlyKling AI, API updates / since 2025-09-05 / checked 2026-09-25

158 days after the entry before it.

17 November 2025, Kling 2.5 Turbo

V2.5-Turbo PRO supports First/Last Frame

Kling AI, API updates
  • 11/17/2025
    Kling 2.5 Turbo pro mode takes first and last framesKling AI, API updates / since 2025-11-17 / checked 2026-09-25

73 days after the entry before it.

30 January 2026, Not named in the note

Now supports extracting keyframes from videos as the start & end frames for generation, with newly added .mov format lossless export.

Kling AI, release notes
  • 2026-01-30
    Keyframes pulled from a video can serve as start and end frames; .mov export addedKling AI, release notes / since 2026-01-30 / checked 2026-09-25

74 days after the entry before it.

7 May 2026, Not named in the note

Feature upgrade: supports defining the first and last frames when generating multi-shot videos

Kling AI, API updates
  • 05/07/2026
    Multi-shot videos can have set first and last framesKling AI, API updates / since 2026-05-07 / checked 2026-09-25

It came 97 days after the previous one.

2The same kind of change in other lines

  • Adobe Firefly Video: 2 entries, February 2025 to December 2025
  • Gemini Omni: 2 entries, August 2026
  • Google Veo: 3 entries, June 2025 to October 2025
  • HappyHorse: 1 entry, June 2026
  • LTX: 1 entry, August 2026
  • Luma Ray: 2 entries, December 2025 to June 2026
  • Midjourney video: 1 entry, July 2025
  • MiniMax Hailuo: 1 entry, August 2026
  • PixVerse: 3 entries, March 2025 to March 2026
  • Runway: 5 entries, July 2024 to January 2026
  • Vidu: 1 entry, September 2025
  • Wan: 3 entries, January 2025 to September 2025

Kling AI, every entry · Start, end and middle frames, every line · Kling 1.6 · Kling 2.5 Turbo

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