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What changed

MiniMax says its M3.1 Flash Preview is now live on the Token Plan, included with an existing subscription and requiring no extra setup. The company pitches it as faster and lighter for high-volume, latency-sensitive workloads.

That adds useful access and pricing detail to the earlier report that M3.1 Flash had gone live, which lacked launch and availability specifics. MiniMax’s post does not provide performance figures or explain the precise terms of the Token Plan, so the speed claim remains the company’s pitch rather than a measured comparison.

For developers already on the plan, the practical point is simple: MiniMax says they can try the preview without arranging a separate subscription. The open-weights question remains unanswered.

Sources and evidence

• MiniMaxAI on X: MiniMax-M3.1 Flash Preview is now live on the Token Plan! Faster, lighter, and built for teams running high-volume, latency-sensitive workloads, now available under: MiniMax announces that M3.1 Flash Preview is available to existing Token Plan subscribers without extra setup; the update adds concrete availability terms to the same model launch.

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