MiniMax H3 community adds 8-step video-audio generation and distillation
Distillation and step reduction directly cut inference cost, which matters for teams serving video generation without large GPU fleets — the Apple Silicon and TPU ports show H3 is no longer tied to one hardware stack. Video developers and studios experimenting with open video models can pick the 4-step or 8-step variants for faster iteration. MiniMax (Hailuo) remains one of the few Chinese labs openly cultivating a third-party ecosystem around video generation.
