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Kling

Kuaishou

Kling is a video generation model line from Kuaishou. The latest release is Kling 3.0 (5 Feb 2026). This page tracks all 7 Kling releases since 6 Jun 2024, with specs, licensing, and how to access each one. Official site →

Kling 3.0

ClosedFreemiumOfficial APIConsumer app

Video 3.0 and Image 3.0 plus Omni variants; up to 15s, native multilingual audio, in-video editing

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Consumer app
Max duration
15s

Kling 2.6

ClosedFreemiumOfficial APIConsumer app

First Kling model with native simultaneous audio-visual generation (voiceovers, sound effects and ambient audio in one pass); text-to-video and image-to-video; Voice Control for consistent character voices

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Consumer app
Resolution
1080p
Max duration
10s

Released 2025-12-03, announced 2025-12-05 (Kuaishou IR). A video/audio model - text and image are inputs, not a still-image generator; no separate Kling/Kolors 2.6 image model exists, so it is video-only (unlike Kling 3.0, which shipped a distinct Image 3.0).

Kling 2.5 Turbo

ClosedFreemiumOfficial APIConsumer app

Roughly 30% cheaper with a large text-to-video and image-to-video quality jump

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Consumer app

Kling 2.1

ClosedFreemiumOfficial APIConsumer app

Introduced quality modes

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Consumer app

Month only (May 2025) confirmed via secondary sources; exact day not from a primary source.

Kling 2.0

ClosedFreemiumOfficial APIConsumer app

Kling 2.0 Master Edition; global debut of the 2.0 video and image models; new MVL (multimodal visual language) interaction; major gains in semantics, motion, and aesthetics

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Consumer app

Date confirmed from Kuaishou IR: launched 15 April 2025 at the 'From Vision to Screen' event (upgrade from Kling 1.6). Previously dated Dec 2024 in error.

Kling 1.5

ClosedFreemiumOfficial APIConsumer app

Improved motion smoothness and prompt coherence; faster generation; Elements feature for object insertion

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Consumer app

Date approximate

Kling 1.0

ClosedFreemiumOfficial APIConsumer app

First public Chinese T2V model matching Sora-level quality claims; 5s and 10s modes

License
Proprietary
Commercial use
Allowed
Availability
Official API, Consumer app
Frame rate
30
Resolution
1080p
Max duration
120s

See Kling in context on the video model timeline, or browse all model families.