Qwen3-Next was previewed roughly five months before the Qwen3.5 family arrived. Applying a similar timeline to Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, released in August 2026, points toward January 2027 Still, we can hope. The Gemma /lmg/ mind-virus pits them against Qwen since it's the only one still competing with Google on small dense models. This one did make me smile haha >Generic None of the model-tans are particularly creative or engaging designs, let's be real.