Alibaba quietly ships Qwen-MM-Plugins: audio/video input for text-only agents
eyishazyer · x · 2026-09-19
Alongside its new omni model, Alibaba released Qwen-MM-Plugins under Apache-2.0. Via a Skill plus an optional MCP server, it lets text-only agent harnesses like Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini CLI accept audio and video input. The poster frames it as a distribution play rather than a model release, largely overshadowed by the Omni-Flash coverage.
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