LLMSwaps

Which model each app runs today, and when it last changed

A default set by promotion rather than by a selector

The public page promotes one generation and names nothing else, so the starting engine is decided by placement. Whether earlier generations remain reachable is not stated, which means a reader cannot tell whether the promoted line is a default among options or the whole offer. As of 2026-09-22.

What has been announced, entry by entryFilled where the vendor has announced something in that column, hollow where it has not.What has been announced, entry by entryWhat Hailuo AI publishesWhat Hailuo AIpublishesWhat that leaves openWhat that leavesopenIs a starting tier statedIs a starting tier stated — What Hailuo AI publishes: Not as a default, only as what is promotedIs a starting tier stated — What that leaves open: Placement rather than a statementAre alternatives namedAre alternatives named — What Hailuo AI publishes: No other generation is named on the pageAre alternatives named — What that leaves open: So the menu, as published, has one lineAre earlier generations reachableAre earlier generations reachable — What Hailuo AI publishes: Not stated anywhere on the page readAre earlier generations reachable — What that leaves open: Which leaves the shape of the menu unclearDoes the same line appear elsewhereDoes the same line appear elsewhere — What Hailuo AI publishes: Yes, inside several other entriesDoes the same line appear elsewhere — What that leaves open: On their pages, under their own tiers
Fig. 1 Filled where the vendor has announced something in that column, hollow where it has not.
What the promoted page settles about what a new user gets. Recorded 2026-09-22.
What the page is askedWhat Hailuo AI publishesWhat that leaves open
Is a starting tier statedNot as a default, only as what is promotedPlacement rather than a statement
Are alternatives namedNo other generation is named on the pageSo the menu, as published, has one line
Are earlier generations reachableNot stated anywhere on the page readWhich leaves the shape of the menu unclear
Does the same line appear elsewhereYes, inside several other entriesOn their pages, under their own tiers

Inclusion rule. Filled when the entry's own public page says which model a new project starts on, or when a single-model menu makes the answer follow from the list having one line. Order. What the page states first, then what it leaves unclear.

1Promotion and defaulting are not the same disclosure

A promoted model tells a reader what the seller wants used. A stated default tells them what the product does when nobody chooses. Those coincide on a page with one line and diverge the moment a second exists.

Since the page does not say whether a second exists, this cell records the mechanism rather than a name. That is weaker than either a real default or a real menu, and it is what was published.

Promotion, a stated default, and where they divergeA promoted model tells a reader what the seller wants used. A stated default tells them what the product does when nobody chooses. The two coincide on a page with one line and part company as soon as a second exists.The page promotes one generation. What does that tell you?If nothing else isreachableIt is the whole offerPromotion and default arethe same thing here.If earlier lines are stillsoldIt is a placementAnd the real default isunpublished.The page does not sayRecorded as promotionWhich is what was actuallypublished.Why the register will not fill this cell with the promoted name
Fig. 2 The page does not say whether a second exists, so this cell records the mechanism rather than a name.

2The maker's page is thinner than its resellers'

Other entries in this register name this same model line with versions and rates attached, so a reader learns more about the engine from the resale layer than from the company that makes it.

For this column that matters because those resellers have their own defaults. The same weights can be a starting tier in one product and a selectable extra in another, and neither arrangement is visible from the maker's page.

3What a reader can conclude, and what they cannot

They can conclude that a new user gets the promoted generation. They cannot conclude that it is the current one in any lifecycle sense, because no state is published anywhere on the page.

That is the gap the lifecycle states column exists to record. Promotion order is a marketing choice, and marketing choices change without anybody announcing a retirement.

  • Models carried
    MiniMax H3 onlyone generation promotedHailuo AI, home page / recorded 2026-09-22
  • Whether earlier Hailuo generations are still reachable
    No date announced (as of 2026-09-12)not statedHailuo AI, home page / recorded 2026-09-22

4Sources

Read from the home page on hailuoai.video, 2026-09-22. The whole entry is on Hailuo AI, and the column it sits in is on Default tier. Same column, other entries: Vidu, Kling AI.