YOLO 26 support for .HEF in Hailo 8

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Hello, it has been over 3 month since Yolo 26 was launched. Let me know Has Hailo already officially supported to convert Yolov26 model format into HEF format? Because it will improve significant perfomance of Hailo’s hardware to run inference Yolo model. I’m working on Rpi5 and Hailo 8 and still waiting for Hailo release .Hef conversion with Yolo 26 model.

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We added Yolo 26 models to the Hailo ModelZoo Version 2.18

Here are precompiled HEF files for Hailo-8

GitHub - Hailo Model Zoo - v2.18 - Hailo-8 - Object Detection

The YAML and ALLS files e.g. for Yolo26m are here:

GitHub - Hailo Model Zoo - v2.18 - yolo26m.yaml

GitHub - Hailo Model Zoo - v2.18 - yolo26m.alls

YOLO26 compilation to HEF
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Thank you, but I have questions more :

It is said that I should update hailo model Zoo version from v2.17 into v2.18 so I can use Yolo 26 model to get HEF file.

And then how about Hailo-Apps current ecosystem that I already have in v25.10.0? Can I use new Hef file of Yolo 26 from hailo Model Zoo v2.18 inside current Hailo-Apps v25.10.0 ecosystem? I looked Hailo-Apps v26.03.0 has been released. If I should update Hailo-Apps too, how about my current custom programs in older version of Hailo-Apps v25.10.0? Whether they will be affected by that?

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Are you working on improving the compiler so that this model fits into a single context? Because on the RPi, there’s no point in using models that don’t fit into a single context. The processing speed drops dramatically.

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Is there a version for Hailo 10H?

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Yolo26 pre-compiled models for Hailo-10H were released together with v5.3.0 a few days ago, please see here: hailo_model_zoo/docs/public_models/HAILO10H/HAILO10H_object_detection.rst at master · hailo-ai/hailo_model_zoo · GitHub

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Thank you for bringing Yolo26 to Hailo! Are there plans to bringing Yolo26 Large models as well? I noticed you only ported up to the medium parameter model.

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Hi, I have a question. I installed the hailo8_ai_sw_suite_2025-10_docker.zip using the Hailo AI Software Suite – Docker method, where the CUDA version is 11.8. However, the specified CUDA version for the Model Zoo v2.18 is 12.5, which presents a difference. Will this difference affect the use of the Model Zoo v2.18 in this Docker environment? I look forward to your reply. Thanks.