How Much Should You Trust Qwen4's “Next Week”? The 27B Is the Model Local Players Are Watching
A Qwen4 series teaser was shown on-site in Amsterdam, and the CTO was quoted saying next week. The date has not been officially confirmed, but the comments section is already focused on open weights, 27B, and tool calling.
On a screen in Amsterdam, “Qwen4 Series Coming Soon” appeared. The image shows three entries: Qwen4-Max, Qwen4-Flash & Qwen4-Plus, and Qwen4-27B. A Qwen research scientist, Xudong Guo, gave a talk on-site, and tweet author John T Davies quoted the CTO as saying “next week.”
This news currently remains a stage quote. Frontier Brief noted in a reply that Qwen's official account has not yet announced a Qwen4 date; if the CTO is accurate, the release window falls in the week of November 2. A “next week” at a launch event is usually flexible, and some in the comments have already shifted expectations to early November, while others joke that next week usually means Friday night.
The model names on the screen are more informative than the date. Max is placed first, Flash and Plus are side by side, and 27B is on its own line. For API users, Max and Plus represent tiers of capability and cost; for local users, 27B is a more realistic size. Some in the comments say outright that 27B is suitable for local machines, while others hope the small model will have open weights on day one. The most practical question asked is: will open weights be released in sync with the API?
On the technical side, attention is also focused on the small model: some plan to test tool calling on release day with a real coding agent loop to see whether the small size can hold up; others want to use the H200's energy counters to measure the real cost per million tokens and compare it with Qwen3. These tests are more useful than launch-event slogans. Qwen updates frequently, and some online commenters joke that Qwen releases models almost every other day, so taking a whole week for Qwen4 would count as slacking off. Jokes aside, until the release date is officially announced, every “next week” is just a quote waiting to be verified.
For ordinary users, Qwen4 may mean stronger chat and code models in the API; for developers, what really determines whether they migrate is open weights, the actual performance of 27B, tool calling stability, and cost. Max is there to flex, while 27B is there to be run by more people. Wait for the official account to speak, or wait for Friday night.
Original tweet: John T Davies' post
发布时间: 2026-10-29 23:41