# Qwen3-Omni-Flash

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Qwen3-Omni-Flash and 15 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a free-for-now omni model that works well and reports beating 2.5 Flash on benchmarks; critics say it struggles with non-speech sounds like laughter.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well in practice (3 comments): "the "the user didn't tell me to do anything" thoughts on OpenRouter" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49749907)) "Yeah, it seemed pretty good." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49756883)) "Still works great though!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49752542))

## What people warn about

- Makes basic reasoning and language errors (4 comments): "Weird, as someone not having a database of the web, I wouldn't be able to calculate either result." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46220026)) "I tried this out, and it's not passing the record (n.) vs. record (v.) test" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46229560)) "It replied 29 resistors and provided a long list. Answer is 2 resistors" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46219993))
- Benchmark comparisons and blog questioned (3 comments): "the image benchmarks are compared against 2.0, which seems suspicious" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46229791)) "The blog post itself is technically unimpressive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49751910)) "This article feels a bit deceptive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46222506))

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Qwen3-Omni-Flash", https://hackerapproved.com/p/qwen3-omni-flash-2025-12-01/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).