Random styles in draft mode
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Midjourney changelog: June 2026
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Everything Midjourney shipped in June 2026, collected from official Midjourney sources. Each entry is dated and links to the page it came from.
June 2026 at a glance
June 2026 was Midjourney's busiest month of the 6 we had tracked by then: 3 releases, about 2× its monthly average of 2. That was 3 releases more than May 2026. Every release this month was Product.
Releases
3
+3 vs May 2026
Rank of 6 months
1st
Average 1.5 a month
Most shipped
Product
3 releases
Notable Midjourney launches in June 2026
- Product
Random styles in draft mode
Add --sref random to draft-mode prompts to generate 24 style variations. Enable draft mode via ⚡ icon or --draft parameter.
Source: Midjourney Updates Feed - Product
Draft mode for V8.1 and new feature previews
Midjourney introduces Draft mode for V8.1, generating 24 lower-resolution images with half the fast hours. Adds --preview flag for testing new features, though results may vary.
Source: Midjourney Updates Feed - Product
V8.1 is now the default model on Midjourney!
Midjourney updates default model to V8.1, offering improved intelligence, coherence, and 4x resolution in HD mode. Faster rendering (4s SD, 12s HD) with consistent style references. V8.0 alpha to be deprecated in two weeks.
Source: Midjourney Updates Feed
All Midjourney releases in June 2026
Newest first. Each entry links to the official page it came from.
June 20263 releases
Draft mode for V8.1 and new feature previews
Midjourney introduces Draft mode for V8.1, generating 24 lower-resolution images with half the fast hours. Adds --preview flag for testing new features, though results may vary.
V8.1 is now the default model on Midjourney!
Midjourney updates default model to V8.1, offering improved intelligence, coherence, and 4x resolution in HD mode. Faster rendering (4s SD, 12s HD) with consistent style references. V8.0 alpha to be deprecated in two weeks.
Where June 2026 sits
Midjourney releases per month, for June 2026 and the 5 months before it. A taller bar means more releases that month; the dated entries for each month are on its own page.
Other companies in June 2026
13 of the companies we track shipped in June 2026; Midjourney ranks 7th by number of releases.
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