When will DeepSeek V4 be released?

DeepSeek has not published an official GA date. The V4 preview shipped on April 24, 2026; community expectation puts GA around July 20, 2026, and DeepSeek's retirement of the deepseek-chat and deepseek-reasoner names on July 24, 2026 is a hard external deadline.

Is DeepSeek V4 out yet?

Only the V4 preview is live right now (deepseek-v4-pro / deepseek-v4-flash). This page auto-detects GA by polling DeepSeek's official API-docs news and looking for a new V4 official/GA entry — not the preview.

What is the difference between deepseek-chat / deepseek-reasoner and deepseek-v4-flash?

Since the preview, deepseek-chat maps to deepseek-v4-flash in non-thinking mode and deepseek-reasoner maps to its thinking mode. The legacy names are scheduled to retire on 2026-07-24.

How does this page know when V4 is released?

A server-side check fetches DeepSeek's official news page every few minutes and looks for a new entry whose title references V4 and an official/GA release (excluding the preview). If the live check ever fails, the page never falsely reports released — a manual override is the final fallback.

Where can I try DeepSeek V4 cheapest?

Through DeepSeek's official API at the off-peak rate, or via Chinese coding plans that bundle it. See our plan comparison for the cheapest options.

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