Microsoft AI·MAI Image

MAI-Image-2.6

Microsoft’s image-generation and editing model with improved text rendering and commercial design, available in Playground and Foundry private preview.

PreviewImage generationWeights not released

MAI-Image-2.6 is now in Microsoft Foundry Public Preview with multi-image reference editing, web grounding, and dynamic aspect ratios.

MODEL NUMBER334

First public date: 2026-08-10
Organization: Microsoft AI
Family: MAI Image

Specifications

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Input modalities: Text · Image
Output modalities: Image
Open weights: No
Status: Preview

Overview

Release dates

August 10, 2026 — MAI-Image-2.6 entered preview. ↗

Specifications alongside predecessor

Compared with MAI-Image-2.5 ↗

PreviousMAI-Image-2.5— · — ctx

CurrentMAI-Image-2.6— · — ctx

Architecture & capabilities

Release history

2026-08-10Preview

MAI-Image-2.6 entered preview.

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Related models

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PredecessorMAI-Image-2.5View details →SiblingMAI-Image-2.6-FlashView details →

Sources

MAI-Image-2.6 launchesMicrosoft AI · Published 2026-08-10 · Checked 2026-09-03

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Pushing the quality-cost frontier with MAI-Image-2.6Microsoft AI · Published 2026-09-04 · Checked 2026-09-06

Official · Verified

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