Tencent launches Hy4 with visual understanding and computer-use features

Tencent says its 770-billion-parameter Hy4 model can interpret images and use software, with applications in office work, finance, coding and game development. It is available through Tencent products and other platforms; Tencent says model weights and a system card are planned for release. (6ad80b31-bb91-4e75-8607-4c5b52d6a8d3; 0087f3ad-9ec6-440e-97da-3fa62d6712fc; 67f373a8-2f53-4e9b-b5f6-5cad6eaa5c91)

• Tencent launched Hy4 on November 4, describing it as a 770-billion-parameter model with visual understanding and the ability to operate command-line tools and graphical interfaces. (6ad80b31-bb91-4e75-8607-4c5b52d6a8d3)· 1 source
• The company says Hy4 can interpret charts and documents, reason across images, and use professional software such as Blender and CAD tools. It also highlights workflows involving several applications, office tasks and game development. (6ad80b31-bb91-4e75-8607-4c5b52d6a8d3; 67f373a8-2f53-4e9b-b5f6-5cad6eaa5c91)· 2 sources
• Hy4 is available through Tencent services and third-party platforms including OpenRouter. Tencent says it plans to release the model weights and a system card, but gives no specific release date in the reports. (6ad80b31-bb91-4e75-8607-4c5b52d6a8d3; 67f373a8-2f53-4e9b-b5f6-5cad6eaa5c91)· 2 sources
• Tencent kept API prices at $0.834 per million input tokens and $2.501 per million output tokens, according to TechNode. It also announced a limited free-use period in WorkBuddy and CodeBuddy from November 4 to November 15, and said a lower-cost Flash model is planned. (6ad80b31-bb91-4e75-8607-4c5b52d6a8d3)· 1 source
• The Decoder reports that an independent Artificial Analysis assessment placed Hy4 at 35 points on its Intelligence Index, while also describing weaknesses on some factual-accuracy and difficult-task tests. These findings differ from some performance claims Tencent made about its own evaluations. (67f373a8-2f53-4e9b-b5f6-5cad6eaa5c91)· 1 source