iFlytek releases Spark X2.6 model family

On October 22, 2026, iFLYTEK unveiled a batch of new large models and AI applications, with the headline product being the end-cloud integrated Spark X2.6. The foundation model was upgraded on domestically developed compute and comes in two parts: a cloud-side 293-A30B model and an on-device X2.6-4B model, the latter of which has been open sourced.

According to the company, the cloud model 293-A30B supports 1 million token context windows. Its input price is CNY 0.9 per 1M tokens, the input cache-hit price is CNY 0.08 per 1M tokens, and the output price is CNY 3.6 per 1M tokens. iFLYTEK also stated that its input cache miss and output prices are lower than those of DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017. In benchmarks the company released, Spark X2.6-4B outperformed its predecessor Spark-X2.5-4B as well as Qwen3.5-4B, Gemma4-E4B, and Qwen3.5-9B on a range of tasks including search-based Q&A, office document handling, schedule and task management, local spreadsheet operations, cross-tool coordination, multi-turn tool calling, and complex knowledge search.

Beyond Spark X2.6, iFLYTEK also announced the voice foundation model SparkAudio 1.0, a Spark-based embodied multimodal interaction technology, the WinWork digital employee platform, a super AI teacher assistant called iFLYTEK Starlight, and AI hardware including an AI recording ring and AI glasses. No further follow-up milestones were disclosed in the available reporting, so the release stands as the current endpoint of the story.