How to Download and Use Qwen 2.5 on Windows 11
All the models of Qwen 2.5 are available for free
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Qwen 2.5 is a Chinese AI chatbot based on a series of LLMs efficiently trained. The Qwen chat is free online but also open source, so you can download its source. However, you may also install it much easier as a web app, which we will demonstrate here.
How do I download and use Qwen 2.5?
1. Installing the Qwen 2.5 web app
- Open Google Chrome, go to the official Qwen chat page, and click the Sign up button
- Create a new account using your email account and confirm it.
- Now, click the three dots icon in Chrome, hover over Cast, save, and share, and select Install page as app.
- Fill in a different name if you want and click on Install.
- In a few seconds, Qwen 2.5 will be installed as a web app. You will also be prompted to pin the app to your taskbar if you want to access it even faster.
This way, you will be able to use Qwen 2.5 without actually loading all its resources on your PC. However, to use it, you will need a stable internet connection.
2. Installing Qwen 2.5 locally
If you have a powerful AI PC, you can also install Qwen 2.5 locally. However, first, you have to install Ollama. Then, download Qwen 2.5 code from the dedicated GitHub page.
There are a few options available and the version you install depends on the available resources on your PC. For instance, the 7B (4.5G) module will work with an 8GB discrete GPU, but if you’re aiming for the top-performance model, we recommend using a Copilot+ PC because the NPU will help a lot.
How do I use Qwen 2.5?
Qwen 2.5 can be used like any other AI chatbot. It has a simple interface and it can perform actions based on natural language queries. The bot can answer your questions, summarize and generate text and even create images.
However, you can select the model from the top of the page and all of them can be used freely. Although you will also see a button called Video generation, the option is not yet available, but the Chinese promise to provide it as well.
If you want to create an image, select the Image Generation option from the bottom of the window and enter your query. As you can see in the screenshot above, you can also select the aspect of the image to 1/1, 3/4, 4/3, 16/9, or 9/16.
We hope that our guide provides all the information you need to download and install Qwen 2.5 on your PC. You can now use it whenever you want for free.
Let us know in the comments below if you encounter any abnormal behavior or hallucinations of the bot.
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