FLUX 3 in general availability and Handoff on a waitlist
FLUX 3 Video entered general availability through an API and partners, while Hark previewed its Handoff browser agent behind a waitlist; the announcements differ in access status and published testing support.
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Open access and usage limits for FLUX 3
Black Forest Labs made FLUX 3 Video generally available through its API and selected partners. The model produces clips of up to 20 seconds at HD or Full HD, generates its own audio including dialogue and sound effects, and supports more than 14 languages. Output starts at 0.06 dollars per second for draft HD text-to-video and reaches 0.53 dollars per second for Full HD video-to-video, with audio included at every tier. The company places FLUX 3 at the top of its own Elo ranking with 1135 for text-to-video and 1051 for image-to-video. It says those scores put the model ahead of Gemini Omni Flash, MiniMax H3 and Seedance 2.0. The scores come from Black Forest Labs' own testing; the report cites no independent evaluation. The model is served through the API and is unavailable as downloadable weights. These details define the generally available product's access channel, clip limit, resolution options and price range while also identifying the source of its performance claim.[1]
A preview and waitlist for Handoff
Hark previewed Handoff, a browser agent designed to complete tasks on sites that lack an official interface. The company names Target, Walmart, OpenTable and LinkedIn among its examples; the agent reads both a site's structure and visual layout to decide where to click or what to type. Hark opened a waitlist and said it plans to release the product by the end of the summer. The company also says Handoff costs much less than other advanced models, without publishing a price. In a separate company announcement the same day, Hark claimed Handoff took the top score on a web-use benchmark it called OM2W and could be served for less than one tenth of the compared models' token price. No test supporting those claims was published. TechCrunch notes that the demonstration video showed only part of the process, leaving the agent's effectiveness impossible to gauge from the video. Current access therefore consists of a waitlisted preview rather than an available product.[2]
Two distinct signals of product maturity
The announcements describe different product types and access stages. FLUX 3 Video is a video-generation service that users can access now through an API or partners, with a stated clip limit and per-second price range. Handoff is a browser-agent preview taking waitlist registrations and targeted for release by the end of the summer. FLUX's scores of 1135 and 1051 come from the company's own video testing, while Handoff's claimed OM2W lead comes from Hark's company announcement. The first report provides no independent FLUX evaluation; in the second, the test behind the Handoff claim is unpublished and the demonstration video covers only part of the process. Video generation and browser task completion are different jobs, so the claims do not create a shared quality ranking. The comparable element is access and supporting disclosure: an available API, pricing and output limits for FLUX; a waitlist, target release period and unpublished test for Handoff. The reports therefore show separately what accompanies a generally available service and an agent still in preview.[1], [2]
