Tencent announced on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, the official launch of Tencent Hy4, the full version of its Hunyuan family language model. The model arrives with vision capabilities for the first time and support for computer use, along with significant productivity improvements.
According to the company, Tencent Hy4 ranks among the strongest available open-source models, with advances in instruction following, long-text understanding, long-horizon tasks, and deep research. Compared to the Hy4 preview (released in August), it features expanded pre- and post-training data, reduced hallucinations, and specific optimizations for scenarios such as game development, frontend, finance, and office work.
What Tencent Hy4 brings that's new
- Vision capabilities for image processing, chart analysis, and mathematical visual reasoning.
- Support for computer use, combining command line and graphical interface for complex tasks.
- Improvements in GameDev and GameLogic, with reported gains of about 19% and 10% in internal evaluations.
- Focus on real productivity, available in Tencent products like WorkBuddy, CodeBuddy, Yuanbao, and ima, plus APIs via OpenRouter.
Tencent plans to open-source the model weights soon, with emphasis on cyber and biosecurity. API pricing remains the same as the preview. Tencent Hy4 is already available on several company platforms and third-party services.
The announcement was made via X by the official Tencent Hy account and reported by Chinese outlets such as Sina and IT Home.
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