What Is MiniMax H3? Everything You Need to Know About the Hailuo 3.0 Video Model
New models arrive every few months, each claiming to push the boundary further. So what exactly does H3 bring to the table, and should you care? MiniMax also released its M3 language model (for text, agents, and reasoning) at the same WAIC 2026 event, and the two are frequently confused online.
- ▪New models arrive every few months, each claiming to push the boundary further.
- ▪So what exactly does H3 bring to the table, and should you care?
- ▪MiniMax also released its M3 language model (for text, agents, and reasoning) at the same WAIC 2026 event, and the two are frequently confused online.
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ExplainersWhat Is MiniMax H3? Everything You Need to Know About the Hailuo 3.0 Video ModelMMiniMax H3AI video generation & studio workflow guides.July 31, 202612 min readOn July 31, 2026, Chinese AI company MiniMax officially launched MiniMax H3 — the third-generation model in its Hailuo video family, also known as Hailuo…On July 31, 2026, Chinese AI company MiniMax officially launched MiniMax H3 — the third-generation model in its Hailuo video family, also known as Hailuo 3.0.
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