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LifecycleResearch since 21 Aug 2026Generally available since 10 Sept 2026
ImpactMeaningfulMeaningful
Change typeCapability expansionCapability expansion
Capability shiftGeneral · Coding · MultimodalGeneral · Coding · Multimodal
AvailabilityDeepSeek API experimentDeepSeek API
Access statusStatus: Tracked · Channel: API · Weights: Closed · Pricing: Unclear · Docs: LinkedStatus: Tracked · Channel: API · Weights: Closed · Pricing: Unclear · Docs: Linked
Pricing signalNo pricing change found in the indexed note.No pricing change found in the indexed note.
Context signalNo context-window change found in the indexed note.No context-window change found in the indexed note.
ConfidenceConfirmedConfirmed
Capability expansionConfirmed

DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleResearch
Since 21 Aug 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelogStrong source · 1 receipt

Introduced native vision before the later V4.1 Flash production release.

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Capability expansionConfirmed

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash

ImpactMeaningful
LifecycleGA
Since 10 Sept 2026
ContextunknownAccessAPIWeightsclosedPriceunknownCheckConfirmed
Availability
StatusTrackedChannelAPIWeightsClosedPricingUnclearDocsLinked
Source qualityProduct changelogStrong source · 1 receipt

Raises coding and agentic performance while reducing inference cost and retiring the prior V4 Flash aliases.

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