# Alibaba's Qwen launches Qwen-Audio-3.1 with two new audio models and price cuts

> Alibaba's Qwen account announced Qwen-Audio-3.1, upgraded ASR, TTS and Realtime models, plus new TTS-Next and ASR-Next and broad price cuts.

- **Topic**: Models
- **Published**: 2026-10-01T11:15:14.671Z
- **Canonical URL**: https://highsignal.sh/stories/alibabas-qwen-launches-qwen-audio-3-1-with-two-new-audio-models-and-price-cuts-9ed5d20d

## Why It Matters

The first-party post frames it as a five-model audio stack spanning understanding, generation, interaction and creation, with the price cuts aimed at the same API surface — a bid to consolidate audio work in one place. Details beyond the announcement and the size of the cuts aren't yet in the evidence.

## Primary Sources & Citations

- [⚡ Meet Qwen-Audio-3](https://x.com/Alibaba_Qwen/status/2102687258990026993) — *X - Qwen* (Community discussion)

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