Kling 2.6
Turn text or a single image into short MP4 clips with optional native synced audio.
Made with Kling 2.6
Sample outputs. Open in Studio to generate your own.
Where Kling 2.6 shines
Social clips
Generate vertical 9:16 or square 1:1 clips up to 10 seconds for short-form social and ads.
Animate a still
Use image-to-video to bring a single JPEG or PNG starting frame to life as a moving clip.
Audio in one pass
Enable the Generate audio switch to produce sound synchronized with the video without a separate dubbing step.
Strengths
- Does both text-to-video and image-to-video in a single model
- Generates native audio synced with the video in one pass, no separate dubbing
- Offers 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1 aspect ratios for landscape, vertical, and square output
- Animates a single still image into a moving clip from one starting frame
- Pay-per-second pricing with audio billed only when you turn it on
Trade-offs
- Image-to-video mode requires you to supply an input image, and accepts only one JPEG or PNG file up to 10MB
- Clip length is fixed to the offered 5s or 10s options
- Turning on audio roughly doubles the per-second cost
At a glance
About Kling 2.6
Kling 2.6 is Kuaishou's Kling AI video model, built to take either a text prompt or a single starting image and turn it into a short MP4 clip. It handles both text-to-video and image-to-video in one place, so you can write a scene from scratch or animate a still you already have.
A standout feature is optional native audio. Flip on the in-app "Generate audio" switch and Kling 2.6 produces sound together with the visuals in a single pass, no separate dubbing or editing step required. You stay in control of length and framing too, with 5s or 10s clips and standard 16:9, 9:16, and 1:1 aspect ratios for landscape, vertical, and square delivery.
On HexGen, Kling 2.6 is the balanced everyday video model: more detailed than the cheaper Seedance 2.0 Turbo and a lighter option than Kling 3.0. Pricing is per second of video, and enabling audio roughly doubles the per-second rate, so you only pay more when you actually want sound.
Starting points
Copy, tweak, and run. Good prompts get you most of the way there.
A neon-lit Tokyo street at night, rain on the pavement, camera slowly tracking forward past glowing signs, 10 seconds, 16:9.
Animate this product photo: the coffee cup steams gently as morning light shifts across the table, 5 seconds, 1:1.
A golden retriever bounding through a sunlit field of tall grass, with ambient outdoor sound, vertical 9:16, 10 seconds.
Pay only for what you render. 1 USD = 1,000 HGcoins. HGcoins never expire and failed runs refund automatically.
Kling 2.6 vs other models
Kling 2.6 is the balanced everyday pick in HexGen's Kling video lineup. Here is how it stacks up against its closest siblings.
| Model | Quality | Speed | Cost | Choose it when |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kling 2.6 This Kuaishou | Great | Fast | Mid cost | The balanced everyday choice: both text-to-video and image-to-video with optional native synced audio, at a mid-tier per-second price. |
Kuaishou | Best | Fast | Higher cost | Step up to Kling 3.0 when you want the highest detail and can pay more for it. |
ByteDance | Good | Fastest | Lower cost | Drop to Seedance 2.0 Turbo when you want the cheapest, fastest clips and can trade off detail. |
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Frequently asked questions
It generates short MP4 video clips from either a text prompt (text-to-video) or a single starting image (image-to-video), with the option to add native synchronized audio.