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Alibaba Opens Qwen4-Max Preview, First Callable Model of Qwen4 Generation

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Alibaba's Qwen team launched Qwen4-Max (qwen4-max-preview) on November 11, 2026, the first preview of the Qwen4 family, available via its Token Plan. The model upgrades coding and multi-step agent skills, defaults to xhigh reasoning, and changes how max_tokens limits output.

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Timeline · 4 reports

  1. 2026-11-12 01:38 · DEV Community — AI
    Alibaba Launches Qwen4-Max Preview, Opening Its Next-Gen Model Family
  2. 2026-11-11 14:23 · DEV Community — AI
    Qwen4-Max-Preview returned an empty reply at max_tokens 300: here's why
  3. 2026-11-11 14:15 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    Qwen4-Max Preview: Token Plan Only, Default Is xhigh, and It Retires on Nov 25
  4. 2026-11-11 10:36 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
    Qwen4-Max Is in Preview. Here's What Alibaba Hasn't Told You Yet

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