# Leonardo adds MiniMax H3 for video with built-in soundtrack By Steven Van · 2026-07-30 H3 pairs clip generation with native stereo audio and lands on Leonardo the same day as Krea, Magnific, Lovart, Pika and Runway. [Leonardo]() has added **MiniMax H3**, and the platform's framing gets at what actually sets the model apart: most video models give you a clip, H3 gives you the clip and the soundtrack, with character and voice locked in from reference material. [Source post](https://x.com/i/status/2083142947978047937) ## Built for finished, not draft, output Leonardo is positioning H3 for commercial-grade work across ads, e-commerce, gaming, and UI, output meant to ship, not just previz. That's a meaningful claim for a model this cost-efficient: MiniMax has been marketing H3 as matching rivals like Seedance on quality while costing a fraction as much, and Leonardo's messaging leans into that as best value in its class among fully multimodal video models. ## One lightweight, fully multimodal model Under the hood, H3 (also known as Hailuo 3.0) generates 5 to 15 second clips at 2K with native stereo audio and accepts a mix of reference images, video, and audio to keep a character, product, or scene consistent across a generation. Bundling audio generation into the same pass as video removes a step Leonardo users previously had to handle in a separate tool. ## Landing across the ecosystem at once H3 arrived on Leonardo the same day it rolled out to [Krea](), [Magnific](), [Lovart](), [Pika](), and [Runway](), giving Leonardo users the same frontier model available across most of the category's leading platforms. ![Leonardo]() Leonardo AI image and video generation platform for production-ready creative work. [View Leonardo →]() Sources [Leonardo on X](). [Read Leonardo adds MiniMax H3 for video with built-in soundtrack on Creators Toolbox]() --- Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/minimax-h3-on-leonardo