"MAGI 2 preview" is the phrase most people search for after hearing about the model, and the honest answer has two parts: the preview is readable today, while a full general availability release has not been dated publicly. This page explains what the preview is, what it contains, and how to track what comes next.
What MAGI-2 Preview is
MAGI-2 Preview is an intermediate research release from Sand.ai. It is the milestone where the MAGI 2 architecture became public: a single-stream design in which text, video and audio are processed as one token sequence by a single Transformer backbone, with MagiMoE routing on top.
The headline numbers attached to it are 114B total parameters and roughly 6B activated per token. Those two figures are what make the release interesting: the model is large, but the per-token cost is small, because ultra-fine-grained routing only wakes the experts a token needs.
The primary source is the official announcement - read the MAGI-2 Preview research post for architecture details, training systems and examples.
Is there a firm release date?
For the preview, the answer is yes: it is out, and the announcement is public. For a full product release, Sand.ai has not published a general availability date. Preview milestones in research work are intentional - they let an organization put the architecture in front of the field before the tooling, licensing and serving story is finished.
That distinction matters when you plan. A preview tells you what the model can do. It does not promise a specific date, quota or commercial shape.
What a preview includes - and what it leaves open
Usually included
- the architecture description and training approach
- sample generations that demonstrate the model's range
- a sense of what the model is designed for: character performance, music-to-video and long-form scenes
Usually not finalised
- general availability, quotas and rate limits
- licensing terms for commercial use
- the serving stack and latency guarantees you would expect from a product
If you are evaluating MAGI 2 for production, treat the preview as evidence of capability and the release notes as the timeline.
How to get access today
There are two practical paths while the preview is the current milestone:
- Follow the research release. The official preview announcement is where release details appear first.
- Work with the model family through this site. Start with the MAGI 2 documentation for what the model does and how to run it, then pick a generation allowance on the pricing page that matches your workload.
Either way, the useful preparation does not depend on the date: understand the sequence-based prompting style, which is covered in how to use MAGI 2.
What to expect next
Three things usually change between a preview and a full release:
- Availability. Preview access tends to be limited or manual; a release usually adds broader access and clearer quotas.
- Tooling. Serving, API surfaces and integration details firm up.
- Licensing. Commercial terms are published rather than described in general terms.
None of those change the architecture. If the preview's approach - one sequence for speech, music, motion and mood - is what you need, the model already does the job that matters.
Background reading
- What MAGI 2 is - the unified audio-video architecture in plain language
- MAGI 2 vs MAGI 1 - what changed from the earlier autoregressive approach
- How to use MAGI 2 - prompting, long-form coherence and cost planning
FAQ
Has MAGI 2 been released?
MAGI-2 Preview has: it is an intermediate research release from Sand.ai, published with architecture details and examples. A general availability release has not been announced with a date.
Is MAGI-2 Preview the same as MAGI 2?
The preview is the current milestone of the MAGI 2 model family. The architecture is the same; what changes between a preview and a full release is usually availability, tooling and licensing.
Why do people search for "magi 2 preview" and "magi2 preview" separately?
Naming is inconsistent across sources: MAGI 2, MAGI-2 and magi2 all refer to the same model family, and preview is the release label.
Where should I check for release updates?
Sand.ai is the primary source for the research release. This site mirrors the practical side: documentation, pricing and the MAGI 2 blog.
