1.16 Image Support & Claude 4.6 (Apr 16, 2026)

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We are excited to share a major MAIA release with you! With version 1.16, MAIA gains two powerful new capabilities: image support for visual content and a significant model upgrade to Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6.

🖼️ Image Support, Visual knowledge finally unlocked

Industrial knowledge doesn't live in text alone. Technical schematics, assembly instructions, blueprints, wiring diagrams, a huge amount of expert knowledge is stored in visual formats. With Release 1.16, MAIA can now understand and reason over images.

Upload images directly or include them in your documents. MAIA analyzes visual content in context and combines it with your existing knowledge base. This is especially valuable for industrial use cases where critical information is often captured in drawings and diagrams rather than written documentation.

What this means for you:

  • Technical schematics and blueprints can now be queried and understood by MAIA

  • Assembly instructions and wiring diagrams become searchable knowledge

  • Implicit knowledge stored in visual formats is now accessible to your entire team

  • MAIA combines visual and textual information for more complete answers

🧠 Claude Opus 4.6 & Sonnet 4.6, a new level of intelligence

MAIA now runs on Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6, Anthropic's most advanced models to date. Both are available in the chat, in standard as well as thinking mode, and are also integrated into the Automodel, which automatically selects the right model for your query. This upgrade delivers a noticeable improvement in reasoning quality, context handling, and response accuracy across all use cases.

What you'll notice:

  • Significantly improved reasoning for complex, multi-step questions

  • Better understanding of technical context and domain-specific language

  • More precise and reliable answers, especially for demanding industrial queries

  • Enhanced ability to work with large amounts of information simultaneously

🔧 Technical improvements & bug fixes

Image processing pipeline

  • ✅ New image analysis capabilities integrated across the platform

  • ✅ Images are now referenced transparently as sources, just like text

  • ✅ File manager displays the number of images contained in a file

  • ✅ Images can be viewed directly within files in the file manager

Model infrastructure

  • ✅ Upgraded core models to Claude Opus 4.6 and Sonnet 4.6

  • ✅ Improved Automodel routing for automatic model selection

Questions or feedback about the release? Feel free to contact us, we look forward to hearing about your experiences with Release 1.16!