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Is Kimi K2.6 out? Yes, since April 20, 2026

Yes. Kimi K2.6 was released on April 20, 2026.

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Have you used it? Kimi K2.6

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What changed

  • context 262k tokens · Context window of Kimi K2.6. Kimi K2.5 is the previous model of the same tier, but the gap is beyond what a percentage explains.
  • price +30 % · Prompt price compared with Kimi K2.5, same tier in this family. Went from $0.500 / MTok to $0.650 / MTok. Lower is better.

About Kimi K2.6

Kimi K2.6 is Moonshot AI's next-generation multimodal model, designed for long-horizon coding, coding-driven UI/UX generation, and multi-agent orchestration. It handles complex end-to-end coding tasks across Python, Rust, and Go, and...

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Questions

When was Kimi K2.6 released?
Kimi K2.6 was released on April 20, 2026.
Who makes Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.6 is made by Moonshot AI.
What comes after Kimi K2.6?
Kimi K2.7 Code, released on June 12, 2026.