--- title: BREAKING 🚨: Meta is testing loads of Avocado variants... description: Meta is internally testing multiple variants of a model called Avocado, including release candidates, an Avocado-mango agent, and Avocado 9B. The Avocado Think... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/breaking-meta-is-testing-loads-of-avocado-variants-internally-including-multiple-release-candida-bklqzapav twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: BREAKING 🚨: Meta is testing loads of Avocado variants internally, including multiple release candidates, Avocado-mango agent, Avocado 9B, and more. Avocado Think Hard performs quite well and, as reported earlier, is comparable to Gemini 3 level models. All this in parallel to Gemini A/B testing on Meta AI. | daily.dev og:description: Meta is internally testing multiple variants of a model called Avocado, including release candidates, an Avocado-mango agent, and Avocado 9B. 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