Kuaishou Technology's Kling 1.6 Pro is a state-of-the-art AI video generation model engineered to convert images into high-quality, cinematic videos. Building on its predecessor, Kling 1.5, this latest release offers notable advances in prompt understanding, visual fidelity, and action rendering—enabling users to create videos that are both visually engaging and consistent with user instructions.
The model primarily supports English for text prompts but can accommodate multiple languages depending on user requirements.
The Pro version offers superior video quality and enhanced features, making it more expensive than the standard version.
The model is available on the AI/ML API platform as "Kling 1.6 Pro" .
Detailed API Documentation is available here.
Kuaishou Technology prioritizes transparent communication of model abilities and limitations, advocating for responsible stewardship in all deployments.
Kling 1.6 Pro is released under a commercial license, granting permission for both research and business use, provided all ethical and legal standards are followed to respect content creator rights.
Get Kling AI API here.
OpenAI-compatible — swap the base URL and it works with your existing SDK.
| Type | Price |
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| Output | |
| Benchmark | Score | What it measures | Source | Retrieved |
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| Image-to-Video Arena | 1137 | Human preference Elo from blind pairwise comparisons of videos animated from the same input image, measured independently by Artificial Analysis | Source | October 4, 2026 |
Kling 1.6 Pro was built by Kuaishou Technology.
The endpoint is v2/generate/video/kling/generation.